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THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 

WILKINSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 






OUR DEFENDERS 

Prepared by 

GEORGE TAYLOR, Jr. 

Minister of the Church 



Jackson-Remlincer Phi.ntinc Co. 

530-540 DuQUESNE Way 

Pittsburgh, Pa. 



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COPYRIGHTED lyai BY 

THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 

Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania 



DEC 29 ,921 ©Cl*«^««^* 



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To the Members of the Homes of 

THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 

WiLKINSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 

Who SO willingly shared the service 
of their loved ones in an hour of 
the nation's need, this brochure is 
gratefully dedicated. 



The Choice 



To the Judge of Right and Wrong 

With whom fulfillment lies 
Our purpose and our power belong, 

Our faith and sacrifice. 

Let Freedom's land rejoice! 

Our ancient bonds are riven; 
Once more to us the eternal choice 

Of good or ill is given. 

Not at a little cost, 

Hardly by prayer or tears. 
Shall we recover the road we lost 

In the drugged and doubting years. 

But after the fires and the wrath, 

But after searching and pain. 
His mercy opens us a path 

To live with ourselves again. 

hi the Gates of Death rejoice! 

We see and hold the good — 
Bear witness. Earth, we have made our choice 

For Freedom's brotherhood. 

Then praise the Lord Most High 

Whose strength hath saved us whole, 

Who bade us choose that the Flesh should die 
And not the living Soul! 

Rudyard Kipling 



Preface 



Dear Christ, who reign st above the flood 
Of human tears and human blood, 
A weary road these men have trod, 
O house them in the hoyne of God! 

Frederic\ George Scott 




HIS brochure is published in connect 
tion with the unveiling of the bronz^e 
tablet v/hich the members of this 
Church are erecting in honor of those 
in her membership who served so loyally and 
willingly in the World War. It does not pro- 
fess to be a complete history, but seeks only 
to perpetuate a record of the bare facts in the 
case. No one will ever write the inner history 
with its silent struggles, with its bleeding heart- 
aches, w^ith its tragic losses, with its unrecogniz^ed 
gains, and w^ith those deep impressions which 
are so intimate, so personal, and so transforming 
that they cannot be uttered or understood by 
another soul. These experiences are buried with 
the honored dead, and will be lost with passing 
of the generation v/ho fought and lived to share 
its cost. But this Church could never be true 
to that spirit of patriotism with v/hich she 
sustained the courage and loyalty of her own 
defenders during the conflict if she left any 
stone unturned in an effort to express her 
deep-seated appreciation of their part in a vic- 
tory for humanity. It is because of this feeling 
of gratitude which never dies but w^hich gro\vs 
richer as the scenes of conflict recede into an 
ever dimmer past, that this brochure is ventured. 

Our defenders' natural and much admired ret- 
icence to do anything v/hich would appear to 



magnify their contribution to the victory has 
added to the difficulty of such a publication. 
And \vithout the gracious assistance of our 
National Service Commission, Mr. Charles E. 
Skinner, Chairman, Mr. Harry S. Evans, and 
Mr. Charles Wilcox, together with the cordial 
sympathy of the homes and the helpful work of 
Professor Wallace L. Bonham in the composition 
and in the proof reading, and the choice bits of 
verse selected by Mrs. Charles D. Armstrong, 
the Avork could not have been possible. It is 
another evidence of the fine spirit of consecra- 
tion and co-operation which your Pastor has 
always found in the members of this Church. 

I cannot withhold a personal word. There will 
alv/ays be green in my memory and warm in 
my heart the confidences which many of them 
shared \vith me through personal interviews and 
through their letters. It is an abiding testimony 
that my sympathy and friendship for them in 
those unusual experiences were felt and appre- 
ciated. The privilege of it will live forever. 

G. T., Jr. 

THE STUDY 

First Presbyterian Church 

Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania 
October i, 1921 



Contents 



Pages 
The History 1 1-26 

The Records of Service 27'72 

The Permanent Monuments.... 73'78 



V\/herein we did anothers' burden see\, 

The tired feet we helped upon the road, 

The hand we gave the weary and the wea\, 
The miles we lightened one anothers load, 

V/hen, faint to falling, onward yet we strode: 
This too was Life. 

John McCrae 



History 

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GEORGE TAYLOR, JR. 

Minister of the Church 



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f"^^^ time of war the emotion uppermost in the hearts of a 
>j people is the spirit of patriotism. The war does not create 
it, hut only calls it forth, enriching its individual possession 
through its nation-wide sympathy. This cannot be other- 
wise, because the nation's ideals, all that she has been, is and hopes 
to be, are at stake when an enemy knocks at her door and flaunts in 
her face an aggressive, determined effort to destroy that soul life. 
At such times her patriotism becomes her religion, and everything 
else contributes to intensify that appeal to the hearts of her citizens; 
and when the principles which determined such struggles are the 
natural working out of the mission of Jesus Christ to humanity, it is 
easier for the Church to stand by the issue. This has been true 
of the wars in which our nation has engaged; and it is not surpris- 
ing that the Christian Church in this country has always been in 
the vanguard of those conflicts. She has believed in the principles 
which actuated them, has kept alive the patriotic zeal in the lives 
of her members and has always encouraged her sons and daughters 
to do their part. The World War is no exception, for Germany 
sought to destroy that vital principle of the Protestant Church which 
declares the inalienable right of every man and woman to develop 
his or her own inner capacities and latent possibilities to the highest 
degree, or to find his or her own true self. Without this effort on 
the part of Germany to destroy humanity's freedom, the American 
people could not have been aroused to the intensity of war. 

Long before April 6, 1917. when the declaration of war with 
Germany swept across this country, crystallizing in action that ever- 
increasing glow of the nation's patriotic zeal, some of the men from 
this Church had grown restless and cast their lots with the Allied 
forces. Others who were on the verge of such a step lost no time in 
answering humanity's call. So that before the first draft had been put 
into operation during the month of September, 1917, thirty per 
cent of our men were already marching under the shadow of their 
flag, and the interest of the Church was growing with leaps and 
bounds. The tone of the services, the word of recognition to the men 
in unilorm on a brief leave, the addresses from those who had seen 
life in the trenches and had experienced the heat of battle, together 
with the calls of the Liberty Loans, the Red Cross and the Y. M. C. A., 

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all directed the energies of the Church to one end — winning the war. 
To this end, also, the Men's Association of the Church, under the 
leadership of Mr. Charles D. Armstrong, carried on a constructive 
program for the purpose of instructing the community in the vital 
factors of the war. In addition to the special addresses given by men 
who were in touch with the diplomatic relations, two courses of lec- 
tures were delivered by Dr. Earl Barnes and given free to the com- 
munity for the purpose of refreshing the people's memory about the 
history which lay behind the nations at war and creating a more in- 
telligent appreciation of the probable factors which enter into its 
issues. Under the general subject, "The Historical Background of 
the Great War," the six subjects which were discussed during Novem- 
ber and December of 1917 were — "British Empire: The Problem 
of World Power," "France: How a Nation Grows," "Austria-Hun- 
gary: The Problem of Races," "German Empire: A Study in Social 
Solidarity," "Russia: Autocracy and Revolution," and "The Balkans: 
The Problem of Small States." In the following year under the 
general subject "Smaller Nationalities Which Will Present a Prob- 
lem at the Peace Table," the five nations discussed were — Alsace- 
Lorraine, Bohemia, Poland, Armenia and Palestine. Again and 
again words of appreciation were expressed publicly and privately by 
the people of the district for the unusual contribution these lectures 
were making to the intelligent patriotism of our citizens. 

It was not until Sabbath morning, January 6, 1918, that the 
Service Flag was dedicated in the Church. Mrs. Luman R. Hagan 
had felt the need of such an emblem in the Church life and had quietly 
set to work to provide it as a gift. Each stitch was the expression of 
a loving, patriotic soul who, as the months went by, counted it her 
privilege to adorn the field of white with emblems designating each 
defender's place in the struggle. At this time fifty-eight of our 
members were in the service, and a goodly number were overseas. 
The congregation will not forget the thrill of pride which arose in 
their hearts when the flag was allowed to fall over the pulpit, for each 
star embodied the words of the text, "I am in the midst of you as one 
who serves." The opening paragraphs of the sermon will express 
the meaning of this event. 

"Today we are to dedicate this Service Flag, and put behind 

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these fifty-eight, who are carrying the colors for this Church, the 
formal consecration of our lives. This event has been made possible 
by Mrs. Luman R. Hagan, whose son's name appears among our 
defenders. It is only when we bear in mind that the war will soon 
touch her own home that we can understand the modest thought- 
fulness which prompted the gift, and the patriotic loving service with 
which each detail has been wrought out by her own hand. It comes 
with no pretense, but it provides a much-needed emblem in our 
Church life during these tense days. It is a high privilege which falls 
to mv lot to receive this sacred gift in behalf of the Church, and pub- 
licly to assure Mrs. Hagan that not only the homes represented by the 
stars on its white field, but all the members of this great Church 
deeply appreciate the gift and the spirit of patriotism which has called 
it forth. 

"In receiving this flag I shall try to indicate its meaning in the 
life of our nation. If I am able to read the history of our country 
aright, and if I can understand the principles embodied in our insti- 
titions and declared in our constitutions and laws, I should say that 
her flag, the Stars and Stripes, stands for one great principle. It is 
the inalienable and priceless right of a free people to govern them- 
selves. And in spite of America's shortcomings, defects and delin- 
quencies this has been the one ideal of our land ever since the Declara- 
tion of Independence and the adoption of the Constitution in this 
Republic. At first, however, it was narrowed to our own land and 
our own people. It was woven by a national weaving process. It 
was the Stars and Stripes of national dimensions ; and no service flag 
in the true sionificance of that term adorned our democracy. We 
had vet to grow into the full meaning of our mission as a democratic 
nation. This mission was not realized until the Spanish- American 
struggle when we assumed the burdens of war in behalf of a people 
struggling for liberty, a people bound to us by no ties of blood, yet 
so situated that action in their behalf was simply writing the Christian 
word "neighbor' into the vocabulary of the nations. In that war we 
enriched the world's practical ideal of democracy and wrote across 
our government the one reason for its existence, namely, service, not 
only to the home land, but to any peoples who need help in upholding 
that ideal which we profess to embody in our own life and institutions. 
Thus this emblem of the service flag in our present war is putting 

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in a concrete form the international interest which every democracy 
must have if it be true to the principle of its origin. It is saying that 
true nations are citizens of humanity just as individuals are citizens of 
the nation; and for a nation in her progress to forget humanity at 
large is to forget the very ideals which unite the hearts of the people 
to the country. It is writing in international language the eternal 
principle which Christ lays down for His disciples, 'I am in the 
midst of you as one who serves.' " 

After the sermon those defenders who were present, Clarence 
W. Hagan, Karl M. Hewitt and Robert W. Allison were called for- 
ward to receive the prayer of consecration in behalf of those whose 
names appeared on the roll. This dedication brought a new zeal 
into our patriotism as the weeks went by, and constantly called the 
attention of the whole Church to the large way in which she was 
serving and sacrificing. 

By January, 1918, the religious work in the cantonments had 
become well organized and the different denominations were sending 
pastors into these areas as voluntary chaplains to take up a work 
which was not covered by the regular chaplains, or the religious 
secretaries of the Young Men's Christian Association. The National 
Service Commission of the Assembly made an earnest request for 
your pastor and the Church released him for the month of February, 
1918, to work in Camp Upton. After his return the same commis- 
sion sent him to deliver addresses before Synods and Presbyteries ; and 
from the middle of July till the end of August placed upon him the 
responsibility of caring for the religious work at the Markleton Hos- 
pital. While he was unable to do this work in person, yet funds were 
placed at his disposal to secure the right type of men. He will ever 
be grateful to the Church for these opportunities, because the ex- 
perience aided greatly in broadening his sympathy with the problems 
which were confronting the defenders of the Church. 

On May 1, 1918, the congregation, which was convened to 
conduct the affairs of their annual meeting, ordered a letter to be sent 
to each of the Defenders. The letter was read by Mr. Charles E. 
Skinner and was ordered to be sent after prayer by Dr. Samuel Hamil- 
ton. A few minor changes have been made in conformity with the 
information secured later from the records. 

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To Our Defenders: — 

Greetings to you from the members of your Church and from 
your Pastor! A thrill of pride stirs our hearts when we think of 
you who are consecrated to the ideals of this nation, and to the liberty, 
the brotherhoofl and the moral security of the world. Your con- 
duct has been most exemplary. Your advancements have been most 
gratifying. Your loyalty has been the cause of our increasing wonder 
each day. It is with deep appreciation for you and with fervent 
prayer that we acknowledge the part you are contributing to this 
nation in her hour of need. We send you our loving affection, and 
wish for you continued strength and courage in the year to come. 
Your Church is your army at home. She stands ready at any time to 
supplv your needs and execute your commands. 



There are now 88 who have gone out from this Church. Each 
department of the service is well represented. We list them below 
that you may know in what field your comrades are at work. In 
the work of the Navy we have 9 — Coxswain Ellis M. Covell. Gun- 
ner's Mate 2nd CI. Washington Gladden Balph, Quartermaster 
3rd CI. William Galbraith Stewart, Jr., Ensign Dwight Ludden 
Armstrong, Yoeman 2nd CI. Kenneth Black, First Lieutenant Les- 
lie N. Crichton, Seaman 2nd CI, Thomas B. Murphy, Quartermaster 
3rd CI. Louis Jolly McWilliams, and William H. Nesbit (Naval 
Academy, Annapolis). 



In the Army there are 43, covering the infantry, artillery, 
engineers, ordnance, quartermasters, signal corps and other depart- 
ments. These are: Captain John T. Henderson, Private Alfred 
Hall Drummond, First Lieutenant Albert J. Wilson, Private 1st 
CI. Frank A. Shutes, Jr., Corporal William R. McWilliams, Ser- 
geant Robert H. Nicholson, Private Ciiarles Ellsworth Fisher, Ser- 
geant David Scott, Jr., Second Lieutenant Warren C. Hurst, Private 
Harrv C. MacQuown, Private Joseph Steven Welwood, Private Wil- 
liam B. Duff, Corporal William F. Barclay, Corporal Lawrence R. 
Golladav, Sergeant Alfred Kimball Graf, Second Lieutenant Rav- 
mond A. Gerwig, Private Ralph Arlington Kacy, Corporal Karl 
Mason Hewitt, Private Frank V. Firestine, Sergeant Kenneth H. Rial, 

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Sergeant Howard C. McCrady, Private Allen Earl Pollock, Private 
William Harris Newbaker, Captain William Lyle McDaniel, Cor- 
poral George V. Sands, Corporal Warren B. Nichols, Private William 
Byron Patterson, Jr., Sergeant Joseph W. Thompson, Musician 1st 
CI. Walter H. Cameron, Corporal William M. Eakin, Captain Rob- 
ert M. Ewing, Private Arthur N. Pollock, First Lieutenant Charles D. 
Wilcox, Private Edward A. Jenkins, Jr., First Lieutenant Carlyle R. 
Sodon. Musician 3rd CI. Joseph Dean Grassel, Sergeant David 
Russell Berger, First Lieutenant Kenneth Walter Van Eman, Ser- 
geant Russell S. Hilliard, Private Alexander L. Murdoch, Sergeant 
Karl H. Rohrbaugh, First Lieutenant Charles Dudley Armstrong, and 
Carlton S. Koch as one of the few civilian executives in the Army 
Ordnance Department. 

In the aviation work we have 7 : Cadet Charles Everett Gilson, 
Private 1st CI. James C. McDougall, Second Lieutenant Walter J. 
Freas, Private 1st CI. Andrew Howard Stewart, Private Stanley 
Morris Gray, Private Henry T. Carpenter and Private Hayden Powell. 

In the medical work there are 20: Corporal Arnold H. Lowe, 
Private Greyson Haslett Collingwood, Private 1st CI. Paul G. 
Baker, Private James R. Ralph, Private J. Paul Harvey, Sergeant 
Walter Roy Haines, First Lieutenant Clarence Hagan, Private John 
Day Garvin, Private Charles K. Murray, First Lieutenant Lawrence 
R. Linhart, Private David H. Reichardt, Private 1st CI. Robert W. 
Allison, Captain James Morgan McNall, Captain Frank A. Evans, 
Private 1st CI. Robert H. Evans, First Lieutenant William J. Mc- 
Gregor, First Lieutenant George F. McDonald, Captain Wilder J, 
Walker, Private 1st Ci. Thomas W. Stephens and Private Thomas 
E. Eidel, Jr. 

In the Y. M. C. A. we have three: H. R. Kitchin, A. M. Car- 
line, Jr., and Frank C- Boyd, and in the Red Cross, Anne Dunn 
Turner. 

The five from the Ardmore Chapel are Corporal Elmore Everett 
Apt, Corporal Hugh Reid, Private 1st CI. George Washington 
Reid, Private William James Scott and Private Robert Brechin. All 
these are serving in the army. 

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Out of this number eight are already in the active service of 
France and England. These are Captain Frank A. Evans, Cor- 
poral William R. McWilliams, First Lieutenant Wm. J. McGregor, 
First Lieutenant George F. McDonald, Private 1st CI. Robert H. 
Evans, Corporal George V. Sands, Musician 3rd CI. J. Dean 
Grassel, and Sergeant David Russell Berger. Several others have 
received orders which will send them overseas before another week 
has passed by. First Lieutenant William J. McGregor, who was 
wounded by a shell while in action with the British Expeditionary 
Forces in France, has been exempt from further military service. 
The wound resulted in the amputation of both his legs below the 
knees. 

During the month of February your Church released your 
Pastor to do work as a voluntary chaplain in Camp Upton. The 
experience has given him a better appreciation of the problems which 
you are facing every day. 

\our Church feels keenly the place which has been made 
vacant by your departure, but those who remain are doing their ut- 
most to keep up that high standard which you helped to sustain 
before the war, so that when you return you will find that the work 
of the Church has sustained its own and that your niche of labor 
is waiting for you. But not only is the Church doing its bit, but 
many of our members are devoting all their time to the production 
of munitions, and those things which are needed to win this war. 
The rest are backing the Liberty Loan drives, the Y. M. C. A. work 
and the Red Cross work to the best of their ability. What we have 
done is just a prophecy of what we will do as the calls come from 
the nation. You will find no slackers in your Church. 

The congregation, which convened to conduct the affairs of 
their annual meeting, has ordered that this letter be spread upon 
the minutes and a copy sent to each one of our Defenders. It has 
been blessed by our prayers, and is followed by our confidence in 
you, and our willingness to do anything that you may light a vic- 
torious cause in this present war. 

Affectionately, in behalf of the congregation, 

George Taylor, Jr., Pastor. 

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As the serious clays of the war dragged along, this Church be- 
came one of the many retreats where the Red Cross work was carried 
on; and no group of women worked harder, longer, or with more 
determination than those who frequented these halls. No people 
met the call of the nation in the Liberty Loans, in the Y. M. C. A.,, or 
in the Red Cross gifts more generously and sacrificially than those 
of our own membership. This spirit continued with an ever-increas- 
ing fervor until Germany was forced to sign the truce on November 
11, 1918. This event prophesied the speedy return of our members 
and a reunion in their homes. Only one of the number failed to 
return, one whom we had learned to love, Private Henry Tounsend 
Carpenter, killed in action on November 2, 1918, at Villers-Devant- 
Dun, France, during the engagement along the Meuse-Argonne front. 
In addition to the death of Private Carpenter there were four of our 
number wounded, two gassed and one shell-shocked. Of this group 
only one sustained the permanent scars of battle. First Lieutenant 
William J, McGregor, who lost his two legs while in action with the 
British Expeditionary Force at Albert, France, on March 29, 1918. 
In the debt of gratitude to the defenders which the members of this 
Church feel they can never pay, these will ever hold a distinctively 
precious place in their hearts. A careful look into the records also 
reveals an unusually high type of personality in the members of 
our roll; and the rapid advancement during the service was but the 
confirmation of our expectations. We are not surprised that three 
from our number received citations for their bravery, and we know 
that others would have received such special notice had the oppor- 
tunity presented itself, for the reports which came back from the 
front through mutual friends were always in the highest praise of 
the loyalty, the grit and the bravery of our Defenders. A spirit of 
pride arises in our hearts whenever their names are mentioned in 
connection with the service. 

With the signing of this Armistice there also came an in- 
creased interest in the method which should be used for perpetuating 
the honor to those who had served. The Church itself was slow in 
taking any action in this direction because she desired the accurate 
returns and wanted time enough to think over the most appropriate 
monument ; but it was only natural and fitting that the home of Mr. 
and Mrs. Henry Carpenter, which had received the only gold star on 

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our Service Flag, should early desire some permanent evidence of 
their son's memory in the Church which he loved. Accordingly they 
erected a tablet in the auditorium of the Church on the Wood Street 
side in honor of Henry Tounsend Carpenter. This was unveiled on 
May 25, 1919. Upon this occasion your Pastor preached from the 
text quoted on the tablet, '"Greater love has no man than this, that 
a man lay down his life for his friends." The sermon closed with 
these words of unveiling. 

"'Thus, today, members of the United States Army and Navy, 
and members of this great Church, it is fitting that we pay a tribute 
of honor to Henry Tounsend Carpenter, who fell on the fields of 
France and laid down his life for the sake of his friends. He is one 
of our very own, born into our midst, baptized into our faith, trained 
as a teacher in the work of our Sabbath School, and consecrated as 
an indispensable worker in the Kingdom of our Christ. He took 
his place among us in a quiet, reserved and unassuming manner, and 
he has left an impress upon my own soul which only the clean, true 
man can do. The war did not make him brave, but served only to 
reveal that true patriotic soul and courageous life which surged be- 
neath his quiet conduct. Thus in December, 1917, during his senior 
year in the University of Pittsburgh, he enlisted in the Aviation 
Service of his country. The following June he received his special 
training. In August, when the army needed relay runners to carry 
messages between regimental and brigade headquarters of the Nine- 
tieth Division, while the air and earth were filled with hissing death, 
men whose honor could be trusted and whose courage was absolutely 
fearless, Henry was one of four out of Company G, 359th Infantry, 
chosen for this work. It was God's will that he should fall, and God 
will place upon the broken hearts of the home the healing hand of 
His onlv begotten Son. To us he is not dead. He has only entered 
into diat great cloud of witnesses who abide with us as an unseen 
power in our work. It is, therefore, eminently appropriate that we 
unveil this tablet 'in memory of Henry Tounsend Carpenter, killed 
in action, November 5, 1918, at Villers-Devant-Dun, France, on the 
Meuse-Argonne Front.' " 

The tablet was unveiled by George Wissinger, Robert Carmack, 
Harold Youngk and Edward A. Jenkins, Jr. In addition to these 

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there were present among the service men who stood at attention 
during the ceremony: Washington Gladden Balph, Wilham Raymond 
McWilliams, Louis J. McWilHams, Walter J. Freas, Robert H. Evans, 
Wilham H. Wills, Jr., Allen Earl Pollock, John M. Haymaker, Grey- 
son H. Collingwood, Edwin Eicher, Samuel B. Nicholson, H. R. 
Kitchin and Francis H. Gibson. The hour will be one long remem- 
bered by those wdio were present, and a deep sympathy throbbed in 
the hearts of all for the ones who had given and lost. 

Nearly a year passed before the Service Flag was demobilized 
and the pictures of our Defenders were unveiled. It was one of the 
cherished dreams of your Pastor, when he said farewell to those who 
were carrying the colors for their Church, that a photograph of each 
one, reduced to a common size and grouped in a suitable frame, might 
be made a part of the permanent treasure of the Church. Up to 
February 29, 1920, when the Service Flag was demobilized and the 
Stars and Stripes were lowered only about eighty pictures appeared 
in the frame, but the promise of the remaining was assured. The 
service was one of the largest in the history of the Church, and one 
which expressed in behalf of all the deep abiding gratitude to the 
Defenders for their service to the nation. The subject of the sermon 
on that occasion was "The Heritage of Our Service Flag," and the 
following words with which the sermon closed, pertain to the de- 
mobilization : 

"To this end, then, we demobilize our Service Flao", believing; 
that our part in this World War has left in the nations concerned a 
new dynamic for a better world, a world in which all men will have 
the privilege to grow great and strong, as God intended them. The 
124 Defenders whose services are indicated by the emblems in the 
field of white are held in a peculiar relation to the Pastor and mem- 
bers of this Church. Our debt of gratitude to them who served in 
our behalf can never be paid. The cost is so infinite when measured 
in terms of the lad whose star was turned into gold and of him who 
bears the scars of conflict in his own body. The glory is ever-in- 
creasing when we remember the loyalty and bravery which marked 
the soul of each who adorns this Service Flag. It is such who have 
helped to create that condition in the nations which will make the 
freedom of opportunity the ultimate issue of them all. And believing 

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this we can never be true to this heritage if we pause in our efforts 
until that goal has been reached. With this we demobilize the flag 
and unveil to posterity the pictures of those whom we love and honor, 
and who will ever remain as bright stars in our memory." 

At the close of the address the two Americans flags which had 
hung in front of the Church during the period of the war were 
slowly lowered by Mr. M. R. Taggart, Mr. W. A. Gilleland, Mr. A. 
M. Carline and Mr. S. M. Evans, members of the Grand Army of the 
Republic, and the Service Flag was demobilized by Sergeant William 
Raymond McWilliams, Private Robert H. Evans, Ensign William H. 
Wills, and Quartermaster William Galbraith Stewart, men who are 
numbered among our Defenders, Coincident with the lowering of 
the flags Isabel McGregor, daughter of First Lieutenant William J. 
McGregor, and Nancy Elizabeth Freas, daughter of Walter J. Freas, 
unveiled the pictures which have now become a permanent treasure 
in the hallwav of our Chapel. The atmosphere created by such an 
event stimulated the desire to pray, and the consecration to God of 
what had been won in the victory of the Allied cause formed a fitting 
close for the service. Again the Churcli was returned to her pre-war 
life, but it could never be the same. Something new had entered, 
a flavor, a responsibility, a personal consecration, a new desire to 
know God, a new earnestness in the search after right, and in the 
crushing of wrong. This was the inevitable result as a reaction from 
those personal experiences which had forced upon all a demand for 
a true knowledge of God and a more firm ground for the Christian 
faith. 

It was necessary for the Church to take one more step in order 
to complete a history of the part which she had in the World War, 
some testimony of her abiding appreciation for what the Defenders 
did. She realized that memory is short-lived and that the things 
which are common knowledge for people living in their details become 
buried history as the years go by. It was this that made her feel that 
some fitting memorial in honor of those who served and in recogni- 
tion of what they had won must form a part of the gratitude which 
is full and rich in the hearts of her members. That memorial took 
the form of a tablet, which appears elsewhere in this brochure, and 
which was unveiled on Sabbath morning, November 20, 1921. 
The address on that occasion and the presentation to the Defenders 

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was given by your Pastor, and the memorial was accepted on behalf 
of the Defenders by First Lieutenant William J . McGregor. In accept- 
ing the gift, Dr. McGregor said: 

"'Dear members of the First Presbyterian Church and citizens of 
Wilkinsburg, and comrades in arms: we, members of the United 
States Army and Navy, have been ever mindful of the spirit of the 
members of this Church during the years of 1917 and 1918. It was 
the same spirit which existed in 'sixty-one and 'ninety-eight. But 
with your spirit of patriotism and loyalty to our flag and country 
during; the World War the hope that it would end war was ever your 
beacon light and our beacon light, and that patriotism would no 
longer be signified by the young manhood of the world going out to 
do battle against a foe, but rather that patriotism would be signified 
by that commandment, 'Love thy neighbor as thyself,' and thus 
destroy those old frontiers of hate. 

"Last Sabbath, just as the shadows of evening were falling over 
the Capitol of this, our beloved country, it was my privilege, with 
my family, to stand in Arlington Cemetery, at the grave of Our Un- 
known American Soldier, a personality lost that war might end. My 
thoughts were not of deeds of bravery, of tears and bloodshed: but 
rather, as I looked down the valley where lay the City of Washington, 
I felt the spirit, the individuality of this Unknown American Soldier 
and I determined that patriotism should no longer be brought out by 
war and bloodshed, but rather that it should be brought out by peace 
throuo^h love of God and humanity. As we stood on that hallowed 
ground, out of the silence one could hear from that great amphi- 
theater at Arlington, not the voice of man, but the voice from the 
Sermon on the Mount, 'Blessed are the Peacemakers ; for they shall 
be called the children of God.' 

"Therefore, friends, we, the veterans of wars in which this, our 
beloved country, has been involved accept this tablet, not as a me- 
morial of war and bloodshed, but rather as a beacon light to help us 
all to deepen our love for God and humanity, and thus bring peace 
to this battle-scarred world." 

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ihe unveiling was clone by three members of the Grand Army 
of the Republic: Mr. A. M. Carline, Mr. M. R. Taggart and Mr. 
Joseph D. Lewis. We are fortunate to have in our midst these 
men of the 'sixties, whose service for their country resulted in con- 
serving a united nation, and in making that nation during the 
World War the deciding factor in a victory for humanity. Mr. Wil- 
liam G. Ewing, who has never failed to beautify the Church with 
his artistic appreciation of the fitness of things, instinctively found 
the right place for the flowers and greens, weaving them into the 
very meaning of the service. The Memorial itself is a thing of 
beauty, artistically conceived and splendidly worked out in all its 
details. The concealed compartment which contains the Roll of 
our Defenders engrossed on parchment is unique and forms part 
of what will be considered one of the finest Memorial Tablets erected 
by any religious organization. On the large shield appears the 
prophecy of the Church as to the meaning of the victorv which was 
won. It reads: 

''The First Presbyterian Church of Wilkinsburg, 
Pennsylvania, erects this tablet in honor of the mem- 
bers whose loyal service in the World War has 
helped to conserve the freedom of opportunity for 
their own nation and for the nations of the World." 

This declares that the outcome of the World War has not yet 
been revealed to humanity, but that there has been begun in the 
nations of the world a process of reconstruction by destroying the 
foundations upon which the social structure of the old world was 
built and by making possible the creation of a new world on the 
rock bottom of a freedom of opportunity for the peoples. Even a 
casual view of the nations across the sea will show that they are in 
the very birth throes of this freedom which has been released by the 
issues of the World War. Poland, Jugo-Slavia, Czecho-Slovakia, 
Russia, the Balkan States and others are struggling with a new hope 
— the hope of freedom, the hope of opportunity, the new life stirring 
in the hearts of the people. The old forms of government are gone. 
The subjection and suppression of the peoples in some of the nations 
have been converted into an unlimited freedom, with the result that 
the mass is confused and uncertain as to the true way. It mav 

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he many years before that spirit of liberty, that freedom of oppor- 
tunity which the people now vaguely feel, will crystallize in their 
lives so as to be tributary to the life of the nation. But the dynamic 
is there, and it is destined to grow more and more conscious and 
more and more concrete as the history of these nations develops 
That motive is not generally recognized, but it is active and revo- 
lutionary, the prophecy of a new day and the promise of a new 
world; so that never again will a nation be established on the fabric 
of the old autocracy. It is the thought of this new hope which 
our Defenders have helped to make possible among the nations that 
brings the overflowing gratitude to our hearts. We shall never 
forget their loyalty, their bravery and their sacrifice, and the World 
will sing praises unto their names throughout all time. 



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The Records of Service 



Alone amid the hattle-din untouched 

Stands out one figure beautiful, serene; 

7^0 grime of smo\e nor reeling hlood hath smutched 
The virgin brow of this unconquered queen. 

She is the Joy of Courage vanquishing 

The unstilled tremors of the fearful heart; 

And it IS she that bids the poet sing, 

And gives to each the strength to bear his part^ 

Dyneley Hussey 



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THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 

OF WILKINSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 

THE ROLL OF OUR DEFENDERS 

THE WORLD WAR 1917^918 



Military and l^iaval Service 



J. WALTER AILES 

ROBERT WILSON ALLISON 

ELMORE EVERETT APT (Ardmore) 

KENNETH W. APT (Ardmore) 

CHARLES DUDLEY ARMSTRONG 

DWIGHT LUDDEN ARMSTRONG 

PAUL G. BAKER 

WASHINGTON GLADDEN BALPH 

WILLIAM F. BARCLAY 

DAVID RUSSELL BERGER 

KENNETH BLACK 

ROBERT G. BRECHIN (Ardmore) 

WALTER HALL CAMERON 

GREYSON HASLETT COLLINGWOOD 

ELLIS MYLES COVELL 

LESLIE N. CRICHTON 

ROY EVERETTE DELANEY (Ardmore 

ALFRED HALL DRUMMOND 

WILLIAM BOYD DUFF 

WILLIAM M. EAKIN 

ROBERT M. EDWARDS 

THOMAS EDWARD EIDEL, JR. 

FRANK M. ENGLISH, JR. 

FRANK ALEXANDER EVANS 

ROBERT HAMILTON EVANS 

ROBERT M. EWING 

FRANK VAN HAAG FIRESTINE 

CHARLES ELLSWORTH FISHER 

WALTER JOHNSON FREAS 

RAYMOND A. GERWIG 

CHARLES EVERETT GILSON 

LAWRENCE RICE GOLLADAY 

ALFRED KIMBALL GRAF 

JOSEPH DEAN GRASSEL 

STANLEY M. GRAY 



HENRY TOUNSEND CARPENTER 
Killed in Action 
CLARENCE WESTERVELT HAGAN 
ARTHUR SAMUEL HAINES 
HOWARD RUSH HAINES 
WALTER ROY HAINES 
CLIFFORD OLIN HARVEY 
JOHN TAYLOR HENDERSON 
KARL MASON HEWITT 
MERLE WALKER GRAHAM HILEMAN 
RUSSELL S. HILLIARD 
ROBERT JACKSON HORNE 
WARREN C. HURST 
EDWARD ALBERT JENKINS, JR. 
RALPH ARLINGTON KACY 
SAMUEL HARRIS KELLER 
HAROLD RAYMOND KITCHIN 
CARLTON S. KOCH 
) WILLIAM MEDKIRK LEDWITH 
LAWRENCE R. LINHART 
ARNOLD HILMAR LOWE 
THEODORE S. MANDEVILLE 
ELDER W. MARSHALL 
DOUGLAS W. MORGAN 
STEWART WILBUR MOULTON 
ALEXANDER L. MURDOCH 
THOMAS B. MURPHY 
JOHN ALEXANDER McATEER 
HOWARD C. McCRADY 
WILLIAM LYLE McDANIEL 
GEORGE FULTON MacDONALD 
J. C. McDOUGALL 
WILLIAM JOHN McGREGOR 
JAMES MORGAN McNALL 
HARRY C. McQUOWN 
LOUIS JOLLY McWILLIAMS 
WILLIAM RAYMOND McWILLIAMS 
WILLIAM H. NESBIT 



WILLIAM HARRIS NEWBAKER 

WARREN B. NICHOLS 

ROBERT HAYS NICHOLSON 

WILLIAM BYRON PATTERSON, JR. 

ALAN EARL POLLOCK 

ARTHUR NELAN POLLOCK 

CHARLES PALMER POWELL 

HAYDEN POWELL 

DAVID HARPER REICHARDT 

GEORGEWASHINGTON REID(Ardmore) 

HUGH DOUGLASS REID (Ardmore) 

KENNETH HAYS RIAL 

KARL H. ROHRBAUGH 

JOSEPH MORRISON SALSBURY 

GEORGE VINCENT SANDS 

DAVID SCOTT, JR. 

WILLIAM JAMES SCOTT (Ardmore) 

FRANK A. SHUTES, JR. 

CHARLES EDWARD SKINNER, JR. 

RALPH E. SLEPPY 

CARLYLE RICHARD SODON 

THOMAS WILLIAM STEPHENS 

ANDREW HOWARD STEWART 

WILLIAM GALBRAITH STEWART, JR. 

SARA LOUISE SWICK 

JOSEPH WILLIAM THOMPSON 

CEDRIC ERROL THURSTON 

KENNETH WALTER VAN EMAN 

WILLIAM MILLER VERNOR 

WILDER JUDD WALKER 

OLIVER ANDREW WELLS 

JOSEPH STEVENSON WELWOOD 

CHARLES D. WILCOX 

ALBERT JAMES WILSON 

WILLIAM HARMAN WILLS, JR. 



Medical Enlisted Reserve Corps 



JAMES ROSE BALPH 
JOHN DAY GARVIN 



JOSEPH PAUL HARVEY 
CHARLES KEPHARTE MURRAY 



Student Army Training Corps 



CHARLES ALBERT BAUER 
FRANCIS H. GIBSON 



GEORGE JACKSON MacLEOD 
SAMUEL BAIRD NICHOLSON 



MARGUERITE BOULANGER 
FRANK C. BOYD 
ADAM M. CARLINE, JR. 



Vv^elfare and Red Cross V/or\ 



FLORIDA SUMNER KOUNTZ 
CLARA RANKIN SLOAN 
GEORGE A. SLOAN 



ANNE DUNN TURNER 
EUGENE DIMMICK WELWOOD 
BERTHA NORTH WILCOX 



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HENRY TOUNSEND CARPENTER 

Henry Tounsend Carpenter entered the Aviation Service, U. S. Army, on Decem- 
ber 9, 1917. He gave up his studies at the University of Pittsburgh and went to 
New York that he might see active service. He was sent to Fort Slocum, N. Y., 
and attached to a unit which, after training in the Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas, 
and Camp McArthur, Waco, Texas, became the 255th Aero Squadron. After two 
months in training there the squadron was sent to Wilbur Wright's Field, Dayton, 
Ohio, for special instruction; then two weeks later to Mineola, Long Island. On 
June 15, 1918, when the squadron was divided, he was attached to Company G, 
359th Infantry, 180th Brigade, 90th Division, and sent overseas. After a short 
stay in camp at Winchester, England, the regiment was ordered to Recey-sur-Ource, 
France, and later to Gurgy Chateau, where he received intensive training. During 
this time he was three weeks in hospital at Recey, sick with influenza. In August, 
1918, he went into the trenches near Toul, and from this time on was in active front 
line service. Through the St. Mihiel offensive he served as relay runner,, carrying 
messages between Brigade and Regimental Headquarters. After a few days behind the 
lines he again moved forward, on October 16, to a very active sector in the Meuse- 
Argonne offensive. On the afternoon of November 2, 1918, at Villers-devant-Dun, 
in a raid on German machine gun nests, he was killed. The continuous fighting pre- 
vented burial until November 5, which is the official date of death for the Government 
records. He was buried by his comrades on a hill overlooking Villers-devant-Dun. 
During the summer of 1919 his body was removed to the Meuse-Argonne cemetery 
at Romagne, France. 



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WILLIAM JOHN McGREGOR 

William John McGregor entered the United States Army Medical Corps in May, 1917. 
He was commissioned as first lieutenant. After two weeks' instruction at Wash- 
ington, D. C, in the Army Medical School, he was ordered to England, where he 
became commanding officer at Cardiac Hospital, a division of the 2nd Western Gen- 
eral Hospital, Manchester, England. He remained here until December, 1917, when 
he was ordered to France and attached to the 6th Field Ambulance, 2nd Division, 
British 3rd Army. He engaged in the battle of Havrincourt Wood and before 
Cambrai in January, 1918. He was transferred to the 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, 
2nd Division, British 3rd Army, and engaged in the German offensive from March 
21 until March 29, 1918, when he was wounded in action, losing both legs, at 
Albert, France. He was first sent to the British Hospital at Ataples, France, where 
he remained for two months; then to the British Red Cross Hospital at Lancaster 
Gate, London, England, where he remained until August, 1918, when he was ordered 
back to the United States. He landed on September 1, 1918, and was sent to the 
\^ alter Reed Hospital, Washington, D. C, about September 15, 1918. He was 
honorably discharged December 31, 1918. 



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JOHN WALTER AILES 

John Walter Ailes entered Company B, 331st Bat- 
talion Tank Corps, (T. C. M. A.) at Camp Colt, 
G^ettysburg, Pa., on May 30, 1918. He was ranked 
-is,.private, and during his service was promoted to 
corporal and later to sergeant. On August 10, 
1918, he entered the Officers' Training School. He 
was honorably discharged January 1, 1919. 



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ROBERT WILSON ALLISON 

Robert Wilson Allison entered the Medical Corps 
and was attached to Base Hospital 48 at Fort Mc- 
Henry, Maryland, on December 8, 1917. He was 
ranked as private and during his service he was 
promoted to private, 1st class. On July 5 he was 
sent to France and attached to Base Hospital 48. 
, His service in France, which lasted until April 13, 
'fl919, was in the Mars-sur-Allier section. He was 
honorably discharged May 7, 1919. 



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ELMORE EVERETT APT 

Elmore Everett Apt (Ardmore) entered Battery B, 
107th Field Artillery, 28th Division, on June 11, 
1917. He was ranked as private and during his 
service was promoted to corporal of the Ordnance 
Department, but with his return to the Battery 
was made private, 1st class. He was sent to Camp 
Hancock, Augusta, Ga., where he received his 
training from September 1, 1917, to May 10, 1918, 
when he was sent to France. From August 14 to 
September 10 he operated in Fismes-Vesle; from 
September 10 to September 16 in the Oise-Aisne; 
from September 22 to October 18 in the Meuse- 
Argonne; and from October 25 to November 11 in 
the Ypres Lys. On August 22, 1918, he was gassed 
near Cherry Chartreuve, and sent to the field hos- 
pital. He was cited in regimental order as member 
pirate gun crew at Audenarde, Belgium. He was 
honorably discharged May 21, 1919. ~ "'y '^ 



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CHARLES DUDLEY ARMSTRONG 

Charles Dudley Armstrong entered the Ordnance 
Reserve Corps on January 18, 1918. He was com- 
missioned as first lieutenant. For the first five 
weeks he was attached to the Trench Warfare Sec- 
tion of the Ordnance Department, located at Wash- 
ington, D. C, and on April 1, of the same year 
he was transferred to Baltimore, Maryland, where 
he was attached to the headquarters of the Edge- 
wood Arsenal. Later in July he was transferred 
to the Chemical Warfare Service. It was during 
his service here that, on October 20, 1918, he was 
promoted to captain. He was honorably discharged 
January 25, 1919. 



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KENNETH W. APT 

Kenneth W. Apt ( Ardmore) entered Company 554, 
2nd Division, on September 26, 1918. He was 
ranked as private and was attached to the U. S. 
Medical Corps. He was honorably discharged 
June 1, 1919. 

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DAVID RUSSELL BERGER 

David Russell Berger entered Company M, 18th 
Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry, which, in Octo- 
ber, 1917, combined with the 6th Pennsylvania In- 
fantry to form the 11th Infantry of the 28th 
Division, on June 22, 1916. He was ranked as 
private and in November, 1917, he was promoted 
to corporal. In January, 1918, he was transferred 
to the Headquarters Company of 111th Infantry, 
where, in April, 1918, he was promoted to the 
rank of sergeant. He received his training in 
Camps Pershing and Stewart, of Texas, in Camp 
Anderson, of Ridgway, Pa., and in Camp Han- 
cock, of Augusta, Ga. In April, 1918, he sailed 
for France and received his training at Langres, 
rejoining his regiment in June. On July 4, 1918, 
he was sent to the front, where he remained in 
continuous action, with the exception of an occa- 
sional rest of a few days until November 3, 1918. 
From July 4 to 27, 1918, he was in the Fifth 
German offensive; from July 28 to September 7, 
1918, on the Ourcq and Vesle Rivers; from Sep- 
tember 26 to October 9, 1918, in the Meuse-Ar- 
gonne offensive, and from October 15 to November 
3, 1918, in the Thiacourt section. He was honor- 
ably discharged May 4, 1919. 





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PAUL G. BAKER 

Paul G. Baker entered the 109th Field Hospital, 
28th Division, on June 22, 1917. He was ranked 
as private, and during his service was promoted 
to private, 1st class. In the month of August, 1917, 
he was sent to Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga., where 
he remained in training until the following May. 
He was moved with his company to France in the 
month of June, 1918, and served in different hos- 
pitals until July 26, 1919, when he was honorably 
discharged. 



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JAMES ROSE BALPH 

James Rose Balph enteied the Medical Officers' Re- 
serve Corps in the Jefferson Medical College, lo- 
cated at Philadelphia, Pa., on October 1, 1917. 
He was ranked as private and was honorably dis- 
charged December 1, 1918. 



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DWIGHT LUDDEN ARMSTRONG 

Dwight Ludden Armstrong entered the U. S. N. 
R. F. on April 29, 1917. He was given the rating 
of coxswain. During his stay in Newport he was 
attached to the material section of the Reserve 
Force Base and specialized in ordnance, receiving 
the ratings of gunner's mate, 2nd class, and gun- 
ner's mate, 1st class, successively. In November, 
1917, he passed the examinations for a commis- 
sion and was commissioned ensign U. S. N. R. F. 
December 26, 1917. He was assigned to the U. S. 
Naval Academy on February 11, 1918 and com- 
pleted the 3rd Reserve Officers' Class June 6, 1918. 
He was then assigned to the 4th Reserve Class as 
duty officer, being detached from that duty and 
assigned to the U. S. S. George Washington on 
September 23, where he remained until his honor- 
able discharge February 12, 1919. 



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WILLIAM F. BARCLAY 

William F. Barclay entered the Signal Corps Radio 
School at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, on April 9, 
1918. He was ranked as private, and during his 
service was promoted to corporal. He received 
his training in this country at Fort Leavenworth, 
Kansas, and in the radio course at Lehigh Uni- 
versity. In October, 1918, he was sent to France 
and was attached to the S. 0. S. service in con- 
nection with Signal Corps Replacement Depot. He 
was honorably discharged May 22, 1919. 




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CHARLES ALBERT BAUER 

Charles Albert Bauer entered the Student Army 
Training Corps on October 1, 1918. He was at- 
tached to the University of Pittsburgh Unit with 
the rank of private. He was honorably discharged 
December 14, 1918. 




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WASHINGTON GLADDEN RALPH 

Washington Gladden Ralph entered the U. S. Naval 
Reserve Force on April 14, 1917. He was ranked 
as seaman, 2nd class, and during his service was 
promoted to seaman, 1st class, gunner^s mate, 3rd 
class and gunner's mate, 2nd class. After three 
months of training at Wissahickon Barracks, Cape 
May, he did patrol duty on the U. S. S. Gaivota 
from November, 1917, to February, 1918, and 
later convoy and patrol duty on the U. S. S. C74. 
He was released from active service December 5, 
1918. 




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KENNETH BLACK 

Kenneth Black entered the U. S. Naval Hospital 1 
on July 17, 1917. Hq was ranked as master to 
arms. During his service he was promoted to yeo- 
man, 3rd class, and yeoman, 2nd class. For seven 
months he served as master to arms in the main 
mess hall, and officers' mess hall at the U. S. Naval 
Hospital, Great Lakes, 111. He was transferred 
to the paymaster's department and auditing depart- 
ment at the same station, where he remained until 
he was honorably discharged February 24, 1919. 



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FRANK C. BOYD 

Frank C. Boyd entered the Y. M. C. A. as a secre- 
tary on May 15, 1918. In June of that year he 
was sent to Boscombe Down, England, where he 
remained as a hut secretary until December, 1918. 
From Boscombe Down he was transferred to France 
and served as hut secretary at Chatillon-sur-Seine 
and Chaumont until May, 1919, when he was re- 
leased from the service. 



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MARGUERITE BOULANGER 

Marguerite Boul anger entered the American Y. M. 
C. A. in August, 1918. In October she was sent 
to Oxford, England, where she had charge of a 
canteen at Whitney Camp. She remained at this 
station from October 19 until December 7, when 
she was transferred to London for the purpose 
of assisting in the small hotels which had been 
opened for the use of the boys who were on leave 
of absence. This work continued until February 
19, 1919, when her release from the service was 
coincident with her marriage to Mr. Alexander J. 
Airston. The marriage was the culmination of a 
romance which had gone on for over four years. 



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ROBERT G. BRECKIN 

Robert G. Brechin (Ardmore) entered Camp Lee, 
Petersburg, Va., on February 26, 1918. He was 
ranked as private and on April 1, 1918, was trans- 
ferred to Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga., where he 
entered Company F, 112th Infantry, 28th Division. 
He was later sent to Camp Upton, Long Island, 
N. Y., and was honorably discharged June 22, 1918. 




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ADAM M. CARLINE, Jr. 

Adam M. Carline, Jr., entered the service as a 
Y. M. C. A. secretary on April 30, 1918. He left 
on May 14 of the same year for France and worked 
among the Polish soldiers at Camp de Mailly, 
June, 1918; the English soldiers at Somme Sous, 
July, 1918; and the French soldiers from August, 
1918, to June, 1919, in Romilly; Aix en Othe; 
Rigny le Ferron; Camp de Mailly and Troyes. He 
was released from the service July 19th, 1919. 



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WALTER HALL CAMERON 

Walter Hall Cameron entered the service as a solo 
cornetist in the band attached to Headquarters 
Company, 111th Infantry, 28th Division, on July 
13, 1917. He was ranked as musician, 3rd class, 
and during his service was promoted to musician, 
1st class. In this country he served in Camp An- 
derson, Ridgway, Pa., Schenley Oval, Pittsburgh, 
Pa., and Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga. In May, 
1918, he was ordered to France, where he was at- 
tached to the 28th Division and acted as a litter 
bearer in all the battles of this Division until 
September 6, 1918, when he was severely gassed 
in the engagement on the right of Fismes. He was 
sent immediately to the Hospital at St. Gilles, 
France, and remained there until October, 1918. 
He returned to this country April 29, 1919, and 
was honorably discharged May 13, 1919. 




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ELLIS MYLES COVELL 

Ellis Myles Covell was in the service of the Navy 
at the time the United States entered the war. After 
his honorable discharge on September 8, 1917, he 
re-enlisted and was ranked as coxswain. During 
his service he was promoted to gunner's mate, 3rd 
class, gunner's mate, 2nd class, gunner's mate, 1st 
class, and boatswain's mate, 1st class, successively. 
He served on the Vixen, Waters 0-6 and Hartford 
in convoy duty. He remained in the service until 
after the signing of the armistice, continuing in 
that work until a recent date. 



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GREYSON HASLETT COLLINGWOOD 

Greyson Haslett Collingwood entered the Medical 
Corps at Camp Lee, Petersburg, Va., on April 5, 
1918. He was ranked as private and attached to 
the Base Hospital in the camp. During his service 
he was promoted to private, 1st class. He served 
as an ambulance driver until he was honorably 
discharged May 19, 1919. 



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LESLIE N. CRICHTON 

Leslie N. Crichton entered the United States Naval 
Reserve Force on December 10, 1917. He was 
ranked as lieutenant (junior grade), and during 
his service was promoted to lieutenant. For two 
months he was under instruction at Washington 
and Annapolis in engineering duties. The next 
seven months he spent with the Atlantic fleet 
aboard the U. S. S. North Dakota and U. S. S. 
Delaware, when he was transferred to the Bureau 
of Steam Engineering, Navy Department. One 
month of his service he was aboard the U. S. S. 
Delaware while she was attached to the 6th Battle 
Squadron, British Grand Fleet. He was released 
from the service May 29, 1919, and was placed on 
the inactive list subject to call for the remainder 
of his four years' enlistment. 



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ALFRED HALL DRUMMOND 

Alfred Hall Drummond entered Company K, 318th 
Infantry, 80th Division, on September 18, 1917, 
and later was transferred to the Headquarters Com- 
pany of the same regiment. He was ranked as 
private and located at Camp Lee, Petersburg, Va. 
In June of the following year he was sent to France, 
where he was attached to the British Third Army, 
From July 23 to August 18 he operated in the Ar- 
tois Sector, from September 13 to 16 in the St. Mi- 
hiel offensive, and from September 26 to October 
8 in the Meuse-Argonne offensive. In the latter 
on September 30, 1918, near Mt. Faucon he was 
slightly wounded with shrapnel and was sent to 
Center Base Hospital 89, located at Meves. He re- 
turned to the Meuse-Argonne offensive on Novem- 
ber 1 and remained until November 7. He was 
honorably discharged June 4, 1919. 




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ROY EVERETTE DeLANEY 

Roy Everette De Laney (Ardmore) entered the 
43rd Training Battery, F. A. C. 0. T. S. on Octo- 
ber 15, 1918. He was ranked as private and lo- 
cated in Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Ky. 
He was honorably discharged November 30, 1918. 




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WILLIAM BOYD DUFF 

William Boyd Duff entered Company E, 318th In- 
fantry, 80th Division, on April 5, 1918. He was 
ranked as private and located at Camp Lee, Peters- 
burg, Va., where he remained until May 22, 1918. 
He was seht to France May 30, 1918, and from 
July 23 to August 18 operated in the Artois sector; 
from September 12 to 16 in the St. Mihiel offensive 
I Corps Reserve) ; and from September 26 to Oc- 
tober 12, and November 1 to November 7, 1918, 
in the Meuse-Argonne offensive. After the signing 
of the Armistice he received training in the British 
Isles for four months at tlie Inns of Court, Lon- 
don, and the Edinburg L^niversity. He was honor- 
ably discharged August 1, 1919. 




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WILLIAM M. EAKIN 

William M. Eakin entered Company A, 1st Field 
Battalion, Pennsylvania Signal Troop of the Penn- 
sylvania National Guards on January 27, 1916. 
When the war broke out this organization was 
changed to the 103rd Field Signal Battalion of the 
28th Division. He was ranked as private and was 
located first at Camp Stewart, El Paso, Texas, and 
then at Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga. On July 15, 

1917, he was promoted to corporal, and on July 
4, 1918, to sergeant. He was sent overseas in May, 

1918. Between July 14 and 27, 1918, he operated 
in the fourth German offensive; between July 28 
and September 7, in the advance on Ourcq and 
Vesle; between September 26 and October 7 in the 
Meuse-Argonne offensive, and between October 15 
and November 11, 1918, in the Thiacourt sector. 
He returned to this country May 7, 1919, and was 
honorably discharged May 19, 1919. 




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ROBERT M. EDWARDS 

Robert M. Edwards entered Camp Sherman, Chilli- 
cothe, Ohio, on September 2, 1918, and was at- 
tached to Company D. He was later transferred 
to Company C, Development Battalion 6 of the 
Depot Brigade 158. He was ranked as private. On 
October 22, 1918, he was promoted to corporal, 
and during this time he acted as company clerk. 
On November 6, 1918, he was promoted to ser- 
geant and was honorably discharged December 
10, 1918. 



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FRANK ALEXANDER EVANS 

Frank Alexander Evans entered the U. S. Medical Reserve 
Corps in September, 1915. He was called into active 
service on May 6. 1917, and went overseas the eighteenth 
of that month. He was commissioned as first lieutenant, 
and on September 18, 1917, was promoted to captain. 
From May. 1917, to January. 1918. he was attached as 
Battalion Medical officer to the 76th Brigade, British 3rd 
Division, .which was operating in France; first with the 
7th Field Ambulance Corps, then with the 8th King's Own 
Royal Lancashire Regiment, and finally with the 1st Gor- 
don Highlander Regiment. He was in action with the 
British during the battle of Arras (Infantry Hill) in June, 
1917; during the battle of Passchendaele Ridge in Sep- 
tember, 1917; during the battle of Cambrai in November, 
1917; and during the battle of Ballecourt in December, 
1917. On September 26, 1917, he was awarded a Bat- 
talion citation from the Gordon Highlanders, British Third 
Division, and on October 8, 1917. he was awarded a British 
Military Cross as a corps citation. In the month of Feb- 
ruary, 1918, he was transferred to Base Hospital 18 (Johns 
Hopkins) of the American Expeditionary Force in France, 
where he remained until February, 1919. He received his 
honoralile discharge on February 25, 1919. 



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THOMAS EDWARD EIDEL, Jr. 

Thomas Edward Eidel, Jr., entered Company C, 
of the 311th Infantry, on December 12, 1917. He 
was ranked as private and for about three weeks 
received training at Camp Dix, Wrightstown, N. 
J. In January, 1918, he was transferred to the 
medical department and sent to the Walter Reed 
General Hospital at Washington, D. C, where he 
served in the ward, in the diet kitchen and in the 
office of Issue Store Room most of the year 1918. 
In October, 1918, he entered the receiving ward as 
messenger, and after six months of service was 
promoted to sergeant-in-charge of that department. 
He was honorably discharged October 27, 1919. 




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FRANK M. ENGLISH, Jr. 

Frank M. English, Jr., entered Company A, of the 
11th Motor Supply Train on September 3, 1918, 
and was located in Camp Meade, Admiral, Md. He 
was ranked as private and during his service he 
was promoted to corporal as athletic director. He 
served in the motor transport work until his hon- 
orable discharge February 3, 1919. 



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ROBERT HAMILTON EVANS 

Robert Hamilton Evans entered the service at Pittsburgh. 
Pa., and was sworn in as private at Columbus Barracks. 
Columbus, Ohio, August 15, 1917. He was transferred to 
Fort Riley, Kansas, August 22, 1917, where he was placed 
in Ambulance Company 16, 2nd Division, U. S. Regulars. 
He sailed for f'rance January 23. 1918, and after aurther 
training entered the Verdun sector on March 18. He re- 
mained in this sector until May 4. He was sent to Hos- 
pital 31, Contreville, for operation for appendicitis. He 
rejoined his company August 14 and took part in the St. 
Mihiel battle from September 9 to 16. On September 15 
he received an internal wound from being buried in a 
trench by an exploding shell. This eventually caused him 
to be sent to Hospital 68, Neverre, October 26, 1918. He 
was in the Champagne sector with the French from Octo- 
ber 2 to 10 and in the Argonne Woods from October 23 
to 25. During the Champagne battle he was gassed. He 
was decorated by the French government with a Croix de 
Guerre, the citation for which reads: "From October 4 — 9, 
1918, near Blanc Mont, he displayed remarkable courage 
in transporting the wounded under fire." He arrived in this 
country February 19, 1919, and was honorably discharged 
as private, 1st class, March 4, 1919. 





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ROBERT M. EWING 

Robert M. Ewing entered the Quartermaster Corps 
on October 18, 1917. He was commissioned as cap- 
tain and made quartermaster finance officer and 
motor transport officer of General Hospital 1, New 
York City. During this period he was also sum- 
mary court and survey officer. He remained in 
New York until September 1, 1919, then he was 
transferred to the Legal Branch of the Transporta- 
tion Service at Washington, D. C. Here he was 
engaged in the adjustment of claims growing out 
of the redelivery of ships to owners and in the 
review of property surveys. On July 15, 1920, he 
was transferred with the legal branch to Hoboken, 
New Jersey, where his service continued until he 
was honorably discharged on October 4, 1920. 




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JOHN DAY GARVIN 

John Day Garvin entered Company E, of the 319th 
Infantry on October 3, 1917. He was ranked as 
private and located in Camp Lee, Petersburg, Va. 
He remained there until December 21, 1917, when 
he was transferred to the Medical Enlisted Reserve 
Corps on Inactive Status, receiving his training in 
the LIniversity of Pittsburgh Unit. He was honor- 
ably discharged February 11, 1919. 




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CHARLES ELLSWORTH FISHER 

Charles Ellsworth Fisher entered Company 38, 
10th Training Battalion, 155th Depot Brigade on 
April 30, 1918. He was located in Camp Lee, 
Petersburg, Va., and ranked as private. On June 
10, 1918, he was promoted to private, 1st class, 
on July 1, 1918, to corporal; on August 1, 1918, 
to sergeant, and on October 26, 1918, to 1st ser- 
geant. His Depot Brigade gave the recruits their 
first few weeks training, after which they were 
transferred to the 80th and 37th Divisions or to 
other camps. He was honorably discharged De- 
cember 16, 1918. 



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WALTER JOHNSON FREAS 

Walter Johnson Freas entered the Aviation Section, 
Signal Corps, on December 8, 1917. He was 
ranked as private, 1st class, and during his service 
was commissioned as second lieutenant, Aviation 
Section, Signal Corps Reserve, and was discharged 
as first lieutenant. United States Reserve Corps. He 
received his training as a student in Georgia Tech, 
Atlanta, Ga., as supply officer, 1st Training Brigade, 
Kelly Field, Texas, and as officer in charge Infantry 
Detachment, Camp Merritt, Tenafly, N. J. On 
June 7, 1918, he went to France in charge of 
two hundred and fifty infantry and was later 
sent to St. Maxient, where, on July 4, 1918, he 
became commandant of Officers' Schools. He re- 
mained here until December 4, 1918, and was 
honorably discharged to the Reserve Corps January 
9, 1919. 




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RAYMOND A. GERWIG 

Raymond A. Gerwig entered the service on May 
11, 1917. He was commissioned second lieu- 
tenant. Infantry, at Fort Niagara, N. Y., and was 
attached to Company 5. He served at Camp Meade, 
Admiral, Md.; at Camp McClellan, Anniston, Ala.; 
attached to the 112th Field Artillery at Camp Lee, 
Petersburg, Va. ; attached to the 57th Depot 
Brigade, and at Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Ga., at- 
tached to the 5th Replacement Regiment. He was 
honorably discharged at Camp Gordon on Decem- 
ber 10, 1918. 




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FRANK VAN HAAG FIRESTINE 

Frank Van Haag Firestine entered the Adjutant 
General's Department, Company 1, in the 1st 
Training Battalion of the Depot Brigade, Section 
1, 80th Division, on September 21, 1917. He was 
ranked as private, receiving his commission as 
first lieutenant on August 27, 1918, and as captain 
on November 11, 1918. He served in Camp Lee, 
Petersburg, Va. ; Camp Logan, Houston, Texas, and 
the Port of Embarkation, Hoboken, N. J., where 
he acted as war risk insurance officer. He was hon- 
orably discharged November 1, 1919. 




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CHARLES EVERETT GILSON 

Charles Everett Gilson entered the Aviation Ser- 
vice on January 11, 1918, and was called into 
active duty on May 13 of that same year. He was 
ranked as cadet, and on November 1, 1918, after 
completing his course of study which he took at 
the School of Military Aeronautics, Cornell Uni- 
versity, School of Fire, Fort Sill, Okla., and Post 
Field, Fort Sill, he was commissioned second lieu- 
tenant and qualified as a flyer. He was honorably 
discharged December 18, 1918. 



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FRANCIS HOWARD GIBSON 

Francis Howard Gibson entered the S. A. T. C. with 
the University of Pittsburgh on October 1, 1918. 
He was ranked as private and stationed at Pitts- 
burgh, Pa. After a few days he was promoted to 
sergeant and attached to the 3rd Company in the 
work of drilling recruits. He was honorably dis- 
charged December 14, 1918. 



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LAWRENCE RICE GOLLADAY 

Lawrence Rice Golladay entered Company D, 37th 
Engineers on April 1, 1918. He was ranked as 
private, and during his service was promoted to 
corporal. After three months' training in Fort 
Myer, Va., he was sent to France. On July 15, 
J918, he was sent to Is-sur-tille in the Service of 
Supply, and on August 30, 1918, was transferred 
to the Verdun sector, where he remained until Feb- 
ruary 15, 1919. Leaving there he was attached to 
the army troops in the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Ar- 
gonne offensive. He arrived in this country March 
20, 1919, and was honorably discharged April 
5, 1919. 



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ALFRED KIMBALL GRAF 

Alfred Kimball Graf entered Company 15. 4th 
Training Battalion, 155th Depot Brigade, at Camp 
Lee, Petersburg, Va., on February 27, 1918. He 
was ranked as private, and during his service pro- 
moted to sergeant. After six weeks at Camp Lee 
he was transferred to Camp J. E. Johnson, Jack- 
sonville, Fla., where he went through the Motor 
Transport School, and Instruction Company of 
Military Training Corps. In the month of Januarv, 
1919, he was transferred to Camp Meade, Admiral, 
Md., in connection with the same service and re- 
mained here until he was honorably discharged 
March 21, 1919. 




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ARTHLJR SAMUEL HAINES 

Arthur Samuel Haines entered the Medical Corps, 
unassigned, on August 10, 1918. He was ranked as 
private. Prior to being called into service he made 
two different efforts to enlist in the army, but each 
time he was refused on account of physical condi- 
tions. Through some misunderstanding he was 
hurriedly called into service, sent to Camp Green- 
leaf, Ga., and after a short stay was honorably dis- 
charged on November 12, 1918. 




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STANLEY MORRIS GRAY 

Stanley Morris Gray entered the U. S. Army x\ir 
Service on December 9, 1917. He was ranked as 
private and during his service he was promoted to 
a cadet. After training in Kelly Field and Elling- 
ton Field, Texas, and in the Ground School for 
Flying, University of Texas, he was sent to France 
where he was stationed in the French Training 
Camp, Camp De Meucon, near Vannes, until the 
signing of the armistice. He was given a five 
months' leave in the British Isles to attend the 
University College of Wales. He was honorably 
discharged October 1, 1919. 




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CLARENCE WESTERVELT HAGAN 

Clarence Westervelt Hagan entered the Dental 
Corps on August 4, 1917. He was sent to Fort 
Wood, New York Harbor, which is a permanent 
Signal Corps Post, Regular Army. He was com- 
missioned a first lieutenant. During his stay at 
the Camp he served as post dental surgeon and 
post intelligence officer. He was honorably dis- 
charged July 24, 1919. 



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JOSEPH PAUL HARVEY 

Joseph Paul Harvey entered the Medical Enlisted 
Reserve Corps on January 18, 1918. He was 
ranked as private and honorably discharged May 
29, 1919. 



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JOSEPH DEAN GRASSELL 

Joseph Dean Grassell entered the service as a mem- 
ber of the band on August 1, 1917, and was at- 
tached to the Headquarters Company, 58th In- 
fantry, 4th Division. He was ranked as private. 
In October, 1917, he was promoted to musician, 
3rd class; in August 1918, to musician, 2nd class, 
and in September, 1918, to musician, 1st class. His 
regiment, which was located at Gettysburg, Pa., 
was moved to Camp Greene, Charlotte, N. C, where 
he remained until April, 1918, when he was trans- 
ferred to Camp Mills, Long Island, N. Y., and sent 
to France. In April, 1918, he was in action as 
a litter bearer on the Chateau Thierry front and 
went over the top at Chezzy. From August 4 to 
10 he was engaged in the battle of Cherry, along 
the Yesle River, and in October, 1918, in the Ar- 
gonne Forest. He was wounded in the battle of 
Argonne and sent to Base Hospital 79 at Toul. He 
was honorably discharged September 7, 1919. 



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WALTER ROY HAINES 

Walter Roy Haines entered Company 9, 3rd Train- 
ing Battalion, 155th Depot Brigade, on September 
20, 1917. He was ranked as private and located 
in Camp Lee, Petersburg, Va. He was transferred 
to Company 1, 1st Training Battalion, 155th De- 
pot Brigade, and later to the Medical Detachment, 
Base Hospital of Camp Lee, in the Neuro-Psy- 
chiatric service. He remained here until Decem- 
ber 20, 1917, when he was transferred to the 
General Hospital 6, Fort McPherson, Ga. On 
May 14, 1918, he was promoted to sergeant, and 
on October 12, 1918, to sergeant, 1st class. He 
was honorably discharged September 15, 1919. 




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CLIFFORD OLIN HARVEY 

Clifford Olin Harvey entered the service May 29, 
1918. He was ranked as private and during his 
service was promoted to corporal. He was located 
in Camp Humphries, Va., and attached to the 4th 
Engineers' Training Regiment, Company I, and 
Company E, 116th Engineers, Companies A, B. I, 
and K, 40th Engineers, successively. He was hon- 
orably discharged from Washington Barracks, 
Washington, D. C, February 15, 1919. 



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HOWARD RUSH HAINES 

Howard Rush Haines entered Company D, Stu- 
dent Army Training Corps, Plattsburg Barracks, 
N. Y., on July 18, 1918. He was ranked as pri- 
vate and acted as an orderly from July 18 to Sep- 
tember 21. From September 21 to October 13 
he was attached to the Student Army Training 
Corps with the University of Pittsburgh Unit, 
where he was an instructor in infantry for colleges. 
He also acted as orderly to the commanding officer. 
On October 13 he was transferred to Camp Gor- 
don, Atlanta, Ga., in the Officers' Training School 
and was attached to the 27th and 32nd Companies. 
He remained here until December 17, 1918, dur- 
ing which time he was promoted to the rank of 
sergeant. He was honorably discharged on De- 
cember 17, 1918. as a candidate for lieutenancy. 




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KARL MASON HEWITT 

Karl Mason Hewitt entered Company G, 319th 
Infantry, 80th Division, on October 3, 1917. He 
was ranked as private, and during his service was 
promoted to private, 1st class, and to corporal. He 
received his training at Camp Lee, Petersburg, Va., 
part of the time in drilling and the rest as com- 
pany clerk and on special duty at the Division 
Personnel Office. He was sent to France May 17, 
1918, where he was attached to the British June 
10, 1918, and operated with them until July, 1918. 
He was then transferred to the American sector in 
the region of Souilly, where he remained until the 
signing of the armistice. He was honorably dis- 
charged June 13, 1919. 



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MERLE WALKER GRAHAM HILEMAN 

Merle Walker Graham Hileman entered Company 
G, 29th Engineers, on August 21, 1918, and was 
later transferred to Company M of the same regi- 
ment. He was ranked as private and received his 
training in Camp Meade, Admiral, Md., and Fort 
Myer, Va. He was sent to France and operated 
at Langres and Toul. On November 15, 1918, he 
was sent to Coblenz, Germany, with the Army of 
Occupation. He was honorably discharged August 
29, 1919. 




JOHN TAYLOR HENDERSON 

John Taylor Henderson was commissioned as sec- 
ond lieutenant in the U. S. A., Regular Army, on 
July 11, 1916. At first he was attached to the 12th 
Infantry and later was made commanding officer 
of the 1st Battalion, 62nd Infantry, which was lo- 
cated at Camp Fremont, Palo Alto, Cal. ©n May 
15, 1917, he was promoted to first lieutenant, on 
June 5, 1917, to captain, and in September, 1918, 
to major. He was sent to France, where he was 
attached to the General Staff College located at 
Langres. During his service he was first made 
assistant embarkation officer at Brest, and then as- 
sistant provost marshal at the same port, and then 
commanding officer of the U. S. Troops, Dept. II 
et Vilaine, Rennes, and a member of the Perma- 
nent General Court Martial. He still remains in 
the Regular Army. 



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ROBERT JACKSON HORNE 

Robert Jackson Home entered the United States 
Naval Reserve Force, 4th Naval District, Phila- 
delphia, Pa., on June 8, 1918. He was commis- 
sioned as ensign at that time and ordered to report 
at the U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, 
on June 17, 1918, for a course of intensive train- 
ing in Naval Steam Engineering and in the duties 
of an engineer officer. Upon completion of this 
course on September 18, 1918, he was released from 
the Reserve Force and commissioned in the regular 
navy as ensign (T), United States Navy, and as- 
signed to active duty on the United States Naval 
Transport "Finland." On his first seven voyages 
to France he served as a junior watch officer in 
charge of the firerooms while on watch, and on his 
eighth and last voyage he served as senior watch 
officer in charge of both engine room and fire 
rooms. His resignation was accepted and he was 
released from further service on August 12, 1919. 

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WARREN C. HURST 

Warren C. Hurst entered the Quartermaster Corps, 
Construction Division, at Fort Niagara, N. Y., on 
May 31, 1917. On August 15, 1918, he was trans- 
ferrefl to the Motor Transport Corps at Camp Mc- 
Clellan, Anniston, Ala., where he was commis- 
sioned as second lieutenant and remained there 
until the signing of the armistice. Since the ar- 
mistice, he has been attached to the Army of Occu- 
pation in Germany, and has been promoted to the 
rank of captain. 



RUSSELL S. MILLIARD 

Russell S. Hilliard entered Headquarters Com- 
pany, 320th Infantry, 160th Brigade, 80th Division, 
Camp Lee, Petersburg, Va., on September 20, 1917. 
He was ranked as private. On November 1, 1917, 
he was promoted to corporal, and on January 7, 
191 8, to sergeant and assigned to Signal Platoon 
for training in that section. On May 18, 1918, he 
left for overseas, arriving at St. Nazaire the last 
of the month. During the month of August, 1918, 
lie was operating in the Artois sector in conjunc- 
tion with the British; from September 12 to 14 
he participated in the St. Mihiel drive; from Sep- 
tember 2.5 to 29, 1918, in offensive from the north 
slope of Hill 259, near Bethincourt; from October 
10 to 12, 1918, in action in the Argonne Forest, 
near Nantillois, and from November 1 to 10, 1918. 
at St. Juvin, near Immecourt and Vaux Woods. 
After the Armistice he was stationed at Molesme, 
France, until April 1919. He was honorably dis- 
(harced at Camp Sherman. Chillicothe. Ohio, on 
June 7. 1919. 






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RALPH ARLINGTON KACY 

Ralph Arlington Kacy entered the Sanitary De- 
tachment, 107th Field Artillery, National Guards, 
U. S., on April 4, 1917. He was ranked as private 
and located in the General Hospital at Camp Han- 
cock, Augusta, Ga. He was called back to take 
charge of car tracing with the Pennsylvania Rail- 
road in the Quartermaster Department. He re- 
mained there until his honorable discharge Feb- 
ruary 1, 1918. 



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SAMUEL HARRIS KELLER 

Samuel Harris Keller entered Company 8, Bat- 
talion 2, Medical Officer Training Corps on July 
13, 1918. He was commissioned as first lieutenant 
and located at Camp Greenleaf, Chickamauga Park, 
Ga. He was afterwards transferred to the Harvard 
Graduate School of Medicine, where he remained 
until he was honorably discharged December 13, 
1918. 



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EDWARD ALBERT JENKINS, Jr. 

Edward Albert Jenkins, Jr., entered the Ordnance 
Department, Production Division, at Washington, 
D. C, on March 14, 1918. He was ranked as 
private. On August 20, 1918, he was transferred 
to Company K, 1st Battalion, Motor Transport 
Corps, Camp Aberdeen, Md., and later to the 5th 
Battery, Field Artillery, Central Officers' Training 
School at Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky. He was 
honorably discharged December 3, 1918, as can- 
didate for Artillery Commission at F. A. C. 0. T. S. 



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CARLTON S. KOCH 

Carlton S. Koch entered the Ordnance Depart- 
ment at Washington, D. C, as an expert on steel 
castings, on January 15, 1918. He had charge of 
handling the manufacture and distribution of foun- 
dry products. He was one of the few civilian ex- 
ecutives in the Army Ordnance Department. He 
was honorably discharged December 15, 1918. 




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WILLIAM MEDKIRK LEDWITH 

William Medkirk Ledwith entered the 1st Depot 
Brigade at Camp Lee, Petersburg, Va., on July 23, 
1918. He was ranked as private and during his 
service was promoted to corporal. In September, 
1918, he was transferred to the Replacement and 
Training Corps of Camp Lee, where he remained 
until his honorable dischar2:e December 14, 1918. 




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ELORIDA SUMNER KOUNTZ 

Florida Sumner Kountz entered the Canteen service 
of the y. M. C. A. in October. 1918. After serving 
different huts in New York City she was sent to 
France on January 13, 1919. From February 16 to 
March 26, 1919, she served in a hut at Bernay, 
just outside LeMans, while the 329th Machine Gun 
Battalion, 85th Division, was stationed there, and 
from April 1 to June 18, 1919, at Beaumont, 
France. She was released from service Julv 12, 
1939. 




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ALEXANDER L. MURDOCK 

Alexander L. Murdock entered Camp Lee, Peters- 
burg, Va., on September 20, 1917. He was ranked 
as private and attached to the 307th Supply Train. 
During his service he was promoted to corporal, 
In the month of June, 1918, he was sent to France 
and engaged in the work of transporting supplies 
to the front lines, in which service he was shell 
shocked. The hospitals of France served him until 
his return to America on February 11, 1919. He 
was honorablv discharged on October 17, 1919. 



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LAWRENCE R. LINHART 

Lawrence R. Linhart entered the Ambulance Com- 
pany 2, N. G. C, on March 28, 1917. This com- 
pany was converted into the Ambulance Company 
l.i8, U. S. N. G. He was commissioned as first 
lieutenant and located at Camp Arcadia. On ac- 
count of chronic appendicitis he was honor- 
ably discharged August 25, 1917, and was made a 
meml>er of the Local Draft Board. Number 13, 
where he served until that work was completed. He 
was then given charge of the Southwestern Ship 
Building Hospital until the signing of the Armis- 
tice. 



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ARNOLD H. LOWE 

Arnold H. Lowe entered the Medical Corps, Fort 
Oglethorpe, Ga., in April, 1918. He was ranked as 
private, and during his service he was promoted to 
corporal and to sergeant. In July, 1918, he was 
sent to the General Hospital, Markleton, Pa., where 
he served until August 23, 1918, when he entered 
the Chaplains' Training School at Camp Taylor, 
Louisville, Ky. After his graduation, on Septem- 
ber 26, 1918, he was commissioned as first lieuten- 
ant and sent to France, where he was attached to 
the 149th Machine Gun Battalion, 42nd Division, 
as chaplain. From November 8 to 15, 1918, he 
engaged in the battle of the Meuse-Argonne. After 
the signing of the Armistice he was sent into Ger- 
many with the Army of Occupation and remained 
there until his honorable discharge Mav 9, 1919. 



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ELDER W. MARSHALL 

Elder W. Marshall entered the Ordnance Depart- 
ment at Washington, D. C, on July 22, 19181 He 
was commissioned as captain and was attached to 
the contract section of the Procurement Division, 
where he was engaged in legal work and negotia- 
tions with contractors in reference to ordnance ma- 
terial. He has the distinction of drawing the larg- 
est single contract which was made by the War De- 
partment — the $100,000,000.00 contract for tanks. 
He was honorably discharged February 1, 1919. 




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THEODORE S. MANDEVILLE 

Theodore S. Mandeville entered the Student Armv 
Training Corps on October 1, 1918, with the Lni- 
versity of Pittsburgh Lnit. He was ranked as 
private. The middle of October he was sent to 
Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Ga., and attached to the 
32nd Company, Central Officers' Training School, 
where he remained until he was honorably dis- 
charged December 1, 1918. 



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DOUGLAS W. MORGAN 

Douglas W. Morgan entered the U. S. Marine Corps 
on October 1, 1918. After completing his train- 
ing at Paris Island he was transferred to Quantico. 
\'a., where he joined the 185th Company, 15th 
Regiment, 2nd Provisional Brigade. He was 
ranked as private and during his service was pro- 
moted to private, 1st class. From October 7, 1918, 
to February 2, 1919, he was stationed at Paris 
Island, from February 3 to February 16, 1919, at 
Quantico, Va. On March 2, 1919, he was sent 
to Santo Domingo, where he served in the Domini- 
can campaign with the Eastern Division until De- 
cember 8, 1919. He was honorably discharged 
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THOMAS B. MURPHY 

Thomas B. Murphy entered the U. S. Naval Re- 
serve Force at Wissahickon Camp, Cape May, N. J., 
on May 9, 1917. After three months of training 
he was transferred to the U. S. S. "Huntington" 
and ranked as seaman, 2nd class. During his ser- 
vice he was promoted to machinist mate, 1st class. 
He made thirteen trips on the U. S. S. "Hunting- 
ton," which was doing convoy duty. He was 
honorably discharged May 9, 1921. 



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GEORGE JACKSON MacLEOD 

George Jackson Macleod entered the Student Army 
Training Corps with the Washington and Jeffer- 
.SQU College Unit on October 8, 1918. He was 
ranked as private and stationed in Washington, Pa. 
He was honorably discharged December 15, 1918. 



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STEWART WILBUR MOULTON 

Stewart Wilbur Moulton entered the United States 
Merchant Marine A. T. S. on May 14, 1918. He 
was ranked as seaman and assigned to the S. S. 
"Calvin Austin," Boston, Mass. After a month of 
service he was transferred to the S. S. "Poughkeep- 
sie," used in transporting supplies for the Army 
and Navy. During the next six months he made 
two trips to France on the S. S. "Deepwater," 
which was used in conveying supplies. He was 
honorably discharged February 6, 1919, as A. B. 
seaman. 



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JOHN ALEXANDER McATEER 

John Alexander McAteer entered the U. S. Naval 
Reserve May 25, 1918. He was ranked as cox- 
swain, and during his service he was promoted to 
midshipman. After his training at Camp Pelham. 
N. Y., he did transport duty and patrol service in 
the North Channel. He was honorably discharged 
February 5, 1919. 




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CHARLES KEPHARTE MURRAY 

Charles Kepharte Murray entered the Medical 
Enlisted Reserve Corps on October 14, 1917. He 
was ranked as private and was honorably dis- 
char->ed April 12, 1919. 



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HOWARD C. McCRADY 

Howard C. McCrady entered the Ordnance Field 
Service at San Antonio Arsenal, Texas, on Decem- 
ber 20, 1917. He was ranked as private. On May 
1, 1918, he was promoted to sergeant of ordnance; 
on August 10, 1918, to ordnance sergeant, and on 
December 9, 1918, he was commissioned as second 
lieutenant. On April 16, 1918, he was transferred 
to Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga., where he acted 
as instructor for three months in the Ordnance 
Supply School and was charged with the duty of 
training men for overseas. In October, 1918, he 
was given command of the Ordnance Depot Com- 
pany II and remained in this capacity until De- 
cember 31, 1918, when he was lionorably dis- 
charcred. 




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WILLIAM LYLE McDANIEL 

William Lyle McDaniel entered the Officers' Train- 
ing Camp, Fort Sheridan, Alabama, in August, 
1917. He was ranked as first lieutenant and aftfer 
his service at Fort Monroe, Fort Adams and New- 
port, R. I., he was commissioned as captain and 
made company commander of the 66th Artillery, 
C. A. C, in the American Expeditionary Force. He 
was sent overseas and spent the time in the train- 
ing area at Limoges, LaCourtine and Bordeaux. He 
was honorably discharged March 19, 1919. 



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LOUIS JOLLY McWILLIAMS 

Louis Jolly McWilliams entered the navv on April 
21, 1917. He was ranked as seaman, 2nd class, 
and during his service was promoted to quarter- 
master, 3rd class, and quartermaster, 2nd class. 
He was engaged in mine sweeping and convoy duty 
on the U. S. S. "McKeever" and the U. S. S. 
''Sialia." He was honorably discharged March 
27. 1919. 



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JAMES CLINTON McDOUGALL 

James Clinton McDougall entered the service Feb- 
ruary 13, 1918, in the aviation section aeronautics 
He was ranked as private, 1st class, and after a 
course of three months at the Aeronautic School 
connected with Massachusetts Institute of Tech- 
nology he was eomniissioned as a second lieutenant. 
After one month of training in the compass school 
at Camp Dick, Dallas, Texas, he was sent to France, 
arriving there in July. From July to December, 
1919, he served in the aeroplane performance test- 
ing, which was attached to the aviation headquarters 
at Paris. He was honorably discharged January 
21, 1920. 



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JAMES MORGAN McNALL 



James Morgan McNall entered the Medical Corps, 
Tuberculosis Board, on July 21, 1917, as a con- 
tract surgeon, and was commissioned as first lieu- 
tenant. On iNovember 13, 1917, he was promoted 
to captain and on August 23, 1918, to major. He 
served at Fort Logan H. Roots, Arkansas; Fort 
Oglethorpe, Ga. ; Camp Meade, Admiral, Md.: 
Camp Lee, Petersburg, Va., on the Tuberculosis 
Board until the end of demobilization. Then he 
was transferred to General Hospital 19, Oteen, N. 
C, in tuberculosis work, and commissioned surgeon 
(reserve) in U. S. Public Health Service, and as- 
signed to active duty at Oteen, N. C. He was hon- 
orably discharged from service at Camp Knox, Ky.. 
December 31. 1920. 




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HARRY CLINTON MacQUOWN 

Harry Clinton MacQuown entered the Ordnance 
Department April 5, 1918. He was ranked as pri- 
vate and during his service was promoted to ord- 
nance sergeant. This promotion was made during 
his service in France. After a preliminary train- 
ing at Camp Hancock, Augusta. Ga., he left for 
overseas August 31, 1918. He remained in France 
until July 5. 1919. and was honorablv discharged 
July 11, 1919. 




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GEORGE FULTON MacDONALD 

George Fulton MacDonald entered the Medical 
Corps on July 10, 1917. He was commissioned as 
first lieutenant. After two weeks of training in 
the Army Medical School of Washington, D. C, he 
was sent to England, where he served in the 
Chester War Hospital at Chester for two months, 
when he was ordered to France. He was assigned 
detached service from the American Army with 
the British Expeditionary Forces in the Ypres and 
Armen tiers sectors. From here he was sent to 
the British base and was detailed to Ambulance 
Trains, where he remained until his return to this 
country. He was honorablv discharged Mav 2. 
1919. 




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WILLIAM H. NESBIT 

William H. Nesbit entered the U. S. Tank Corps 
at Washington, D. C, from the U. S. Naval Acad- 
emy, Annapolis, Md., on November 3, 1918. He 
was ranked as private and was sent to Camp Polk, 
Raleigh, N. C, for training. He remained there 
until the signing of the Armistice and was honor- 
ably discharged December 28, 1918. 



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WILLIAM HARRIS NEWBAKER 

William Harris Newbaker entered the Ordnance 
Training School at Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga., 
on February 15, 1918. He was ranked as a pri- 
vate. After a service of three months he was trans- 
ferred to the Ordnance Supply Depot, Camp Meade, 
Admiral, Md., where he remained until he was 
honorably discharged February 1, 1919. 

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WILLIAM RAYMOND McWILLIAMS 

William Raymond McWilliams entered Company 
D, 15th U. S. Engineers on May 17, 1917. He 
was ranked as private, and during his service was 
promoted to corporal and to sergeant. After serv- 
ing in the Recruiting Office at Pittsburgh, Pa., from 
May 17 to 30, 1917, he entered the training camp 
at East Oakmont, where he remained until July 
8, 1917, compiling army records and doing general 
clerical work. In July he was sent to France. From 
August 1 to September 2 he was stationed in Issou- 
dun; from September 3 to February 2, 1918, in 
Gievres; from February 4 to March 23 in Villers- 
le-Sec; from March 24 to November 19, in Liffol- 
le-Grand; from November 20 to 28 in Etain; from 
November 29 to January 23, 1919, in Beaumont, 
Letanne, Sedan, and from January 26 to April 13 
in Bordeaux. During this time he was engaged 
in important engineering work in its various 
phases, and especially railroad construction and 
operation. He was honorably discharged May 15, 
1919. 



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WARREN HARDEN NICHOLS 

Warren Barden Nichols entered the 319th Infantrv, 
2nd Battalion, 80th Division, on October 3, 1917. 
He was ranked as private, and during his service 
was promoted to corporal. He received his train- 
ing at Camp Lee, Petersburg, Va. On May 18, 
1918, he was sent overseas. For three and one- 
half months he operated in the Arras sector with 
the British, and during the next two months in the 
St. Mihiel, Verdun and Argonne sectors. He was 
honorably discharged July 24, 1919. 




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SAMUEL BAIRD NICHOLSON 

Samuel Baird Nicholson entered the Student Armv 
Training Corps in the University of Pittsburgh 
Unit on October 1, 1918. He was ranked as pri- 
vate and was honorably discharged December 12. 
1918. 



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ARTHUR NELAN POLLOCK 

Arthur Nelan Pollock entered the service in Camp 
Lee, Petersburg, Va., on April 5, 1918, and was 
attached to Company F, 320th Lifantry, 80th Divi- 
sion. He was ranked as private. After six weeks 
of training he was sent to France. From July 23 
to August 18, 1918, he was engaged in active fight- 
ing in the Artois sector; from September 12 to 16. 
1918, he operated in the St. Mihiel offensive; from 
September 26 to October 12, 1918, in the Meuse- 
Argonne offensive; and from November 1 to No- 
vember 7, 1918, in the same offensive. He returned 
to this country on May 30, 1919, and -was hon- 
-'-^rably discharged June 8, 1919;'^-?(^ ; C / ■' 





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WILLIAM BYRON PATTERSON Jr. 

William Byron Patterson, Jr., entered the Quarter- 
master's Division at Headquarters Company, Co- 
lumbus Barracks, Ohio, on February 15, 1918. He 
was ranked as private and during his service was 
promoted to corporal. In June he was transferred 
to Camp Meigs, Washington, D. C, where he did 
clerical work. In August he was transferred to 
Camp Nichols, New Orleans, where he became drill 
instructor, and in October he was transferred to 
Headquarters Panama Coast Artillery District, Fort 
Amador, Canal Zone, where he was engaged in 
clerical work. He was honorably discharged April 
19, 1919. 




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ALLEN EARL POLLOCK 

Allen Earl Pollock entered the service at Camp 
Lee, Peterburg, Va., on February 27, 1918. After 
two months' stay he was transferred to Camp A. A. 
Humphries, Va., and attached to the Engineers' 
Headquarters Company. He was ranked as private, 
and during his service was promoted to sergeant. 
He continued his work in that camp until his hon- 
orable discharge March 5, 1919. 



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ROBERT HAYS NICHOLSON 

Robert Hays Nicholson entered the Quartermaster 
Corps, Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio, on July 
26, 1917. He was ranked as private and during 
his service he was promoted to sergeant, 1st class. 
After a service of twelve months he was trans- 
ferred to Depot Quartermaster, Chicago, 111. Dur- 
ing his stay in Camp Sherman he acted as sergeant 
of the detachment in personnel work and in Chicago 
as assistant principal clerk in the Depot. He was 
honorably discharged December 24, 1918. 



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CHARLES PALMER POWELL 

Charles Palmer Powell entered the Gas Defense 
Division in the Chemical Warfare Service on June 
1, 1918. He was ranked as private and on August 
21, 1918, he was promoted to private, 1st class: 
on September 6, 1918, to corporal, and on Novem- 
ber 1, 1918, to sergeant. He was located in the 
Gas Mask Factory at Long Island City, N. Y. On 
September 16 he took sick and was ordered to the 
Gun Hill Road General Hospital 1, where he re- 
mained until November 10. He was honorably 
discharged December 12, 1918. 




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HAYDEN POWELL 

Hayden Powell entered the 276th Aero Squadron, 
Emerson Field, S. C, in October, 1917. He was 
ranked as private, and during his service he was 
promoted to aerial observer cadet. He was hon- 
orably discharged in March, 1919. 



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DAVID HARPER REICHARDT 

David Harper Reichardt entered the Medical De- 
partment at Fort Jay, N. Y., on April 6, 1918. 
He was ranked as private and during his service was 
promoted to corporal and to sergeant. After a 
training in Fort Jay, N. Y., in Fort Hamilton, N. 
Y., and in Fort Tilden, N. Y., where he did hos- 
pital work, he was transferred to Camp Laurel, 
Md., and attached to the 50th Engineers. On July 
8, 1918, he was sent to France and stationed at 
Nevers, where he remained until his return to the 
United States. He was honorablv discharged 
April 8, 1919. 




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GEORGE WASHINGTON REID 

George Washington Reid (Ardmore) entered Com- 
pany A, 37th Engineers, on March 11, 1918. He 
was ranked as private and during his service was 
promoted to private, 1st class. He was located in 
Camp Fort Meyer, Va., and on May 10, 1918, he 
was sent to France. From June 25 to November 
11. 1918, he operated in the Toul sector, taking 
part in the St. Mihiel offensive from September 
12th to 16th, 1918. After the signing of the Ar- 
mistice he was attached to the Army of Occupa- 
tion and located at Treves and Trier, Germany. He 
was honorably discharged April 4, 1919. 



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KENNETH HAYS RIAL 

Kenneth Hays Rial entered the 15th Engineers on 
May 4, 1917. He was located at Camp American 
University, Washington, D. C, and ranked as pri- 
vate. He was transferred to the 20th Engineers 
(Forestry), and in December, 1917, was promoted 
to sergeant in the Headquarters Company of the 
4th Battalion when he was sent to France. From 
January, 1918, to April, 1919, he served as com- 
missary sergeant, and from May to August, 1919, 
he served as district supply sergeant near Bor- 
deaux. He was honorably discharged August 20, 
1919. 



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HUGH DOUGLASS REID 

Hugh Douglass Reid (Ardmore) entered Battery E, 
320th Field Artillery, 82nd Division, on Septem- 
ber 20, 1917. He was ranked as private, and dur- 
ing his service was promoted to corporal and ser- 
geant. After a month's training in Camp Lee, 
Petersburg, Va., he was transferred to Camp Gor- 
don, Atlanta, Ga., where he received instruction 
until Mav 19, 1918, when he was sent to France. 
For five weeks at LaCourtine he was instructed in 
the French 75 millimeter guns. From August 21 
to September 18, 1918, he operated in the Toul 
sector, taking part in the St. Mihiel offensive from 
September 12th to 16th, 1918; and from Septem- 
ber 26 to November 11 in the Meuse-Argonne of- 
fensive. He was honorably discharged May 15 
1919. 



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JOSEPH MORRISON SALSBURY 

Joseph Morrison Salsbury entered the Coast Artil- 
lery, 1st Training Company, 5th Training Camp, 
Fort Monroe, Va., on June 9, 1918. He was ranked 
as private, and on September 25, 1918, after his 
course in the 5th Training Camp, Fort Monroe, he 
was commissioned as second lieutenant. On Sep- 
tember 25, 1918, he was sent to Fort McKinley, 
Maine, in the coast defenses of Portland, and re- 
mained there until October 18, 1918, when he was 
transferred to the 33rd Artillery C. A. C, Fort 
Andrews, Mass. On November 1, 1918, his regi- 
ment was moved to Camp Eusti-s, Va., preparatory 
to embarking. The Armistice being signed eleven 
days later, however, they did not leave Camp Eus- 
tis, and he received his honorable discharge on 
charged June 28, 1919. 



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KARL HAYDN ROHRBAUGH 

Karl Raydn Rohrbaugh entered Company B, 2nd 
Battalion, 2nd Division, on December 8, 1917. He 
was ranked as private, and during his service he 
was promoted to corporal, sergeant, sergeant of 
ordnance and second lieutenant successively. He 
received his training at Camp Dodge, Des Moines, 
Iowa, where he remained until March 2, 1918, when 
he sailed for France. He was honorably dis- 
charged June 28, 1919. 



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GEORGE VINCENT SANDS 

George Vincent Sands entered the Supply Com- 
pany 301, Quartermaster Corps, U. S. N. A., on 
August 16, 1917. He was ranked as private and 
during his service was promoted to private, 1st 
class, and to corporal. After one month of train- 
ing at Columbus Recruiting Barracks, Columbus, 
Ohio, and two months of training at Madison Bar- 
racks, Sackett's Harbor, N. Y., he was sent to 
France. From November 26, 1917, to June, 1918, 
he was engaged in the erection and operation of 
Advance Quartermaster Depot 1, A. P. 0., 712. 
In June, 1918, he was given charge of the Fuel 
and Forage Department at the Advance Quarter- 
master Depot 1. and remained there until his return 
to the United States on July 4. 1919. He was 
honorabh discharged July J 5, 1919. 







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DAVID SCOTT Jr. 

David Scott, Jr., entered Headquarters Company, 
ord Battalion, 20th Engineers on May 8, 1917. 
He was ranked as private and during his service 
he was promoted to sergeant and then to a regi- 
mental sergeant major. After training at Camp 
American University, Washington, D. C, where he 
had charge of office work, he was sent to France 
and for fourteenth months was located at Tours 
with the Headquarters Company, 20th Engineers in 
forestry work. He was honorably discharged July 
26, 1919. 



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RALPH E. SLEPPY 

Ralph E. Sleppy entered the 302nd Battalion, 
;517th Company, Salvage and Repair, on August 1, 
1918. He was ranked as private. After his train- 
ing at Camp Colt, Gettysburg, Pa., and Camp 
Tobyhanna, Pa., he was transferred to the British 
Tank Corps and located in Camp Bovington, Eng- 
land. Later he was transferred to the U. S. A. 
Tank Corps at Langres, France, where he re- 
mained until his honorable discharge April 5, 1919. 




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FRANK A. SHUTES, Jr. 

Frank A. Shutes, Jr., entered the 301st Supply 
Company, Q. M. C, on September 12, 1917. He 
was ranked as private, and during his service was 
promoted to private, 1st class. After two and one- 
half months' stay at Madison Barracks, Sackett's 
Harbor, N. Y., he was transferred to Company B, 
58th Engineers, and sent to France, where he re- 
mained in the service from December 10, 1917, 
to July 22, 1919, attached to the 64th Company, 
Transportation Corps, in the Railway Transport 
Service. He was honorably discharged July 22, 
1919. 



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CHARLES EDWARD SKINNER, Jr. 

Charles Edward Skinner, Jr., entered the Student 
Army Training Corps at Princeton on October 10. 
1918. He was ranked as private and immediately 
after his entrance was transferred to Fort Monroe, 
Va., to the Officers Training Corps of the heavy 
artillery. On January oO, 1919. he was commis- 
sioned as second lieutenant and attached to the 
Coast Artillery Reserve Corps. He was honorably 
discharged February 1, 1919. 







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MRS. CLARA RANKIN SLOAN 

Mrs. Clara Rankin Sloan entered the American Red 
Cross service on March 8, 1919. She was made 
assistant hostess at the Convalescent House, Camp 
Meade, Admiral, Md., and during her service was 
promoted to hostess at the Convalescent House. 
She was released from service October 1, 1919. 




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WILLIAM JAMES SCOTT 

William James Scott (Ardmore) entered the 318th 
Infantry, Company G, 2nd Battalion, 80th Division, 
on April 3, 1918. He was ranked as private, and 
during his service was promoted to private, 1st 
class. After training at Camp Lee, Petersburg, 
Va., he sailed for France on May 22, 1918, and 
was located at Camp Pantaneajan. From July 23 
to August 18, 1918, he operated in the Artois sec- 
tor; from September 12 to September 16 in the 
St. Mihiel offensive, and from September 26 to 
October 12 and November 1 to 7 in the Meuse- 
Argonne offensive. He was honorably discharged 
.Tune 1, 1919. He re-enlisted June 2. 1919, and 
was honorablv dischar<red June 1, 1920. 




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THOMAS WILLIAM STEPHENS 

Thomas William Stephens entered the Metropoli- 
tan Base Hospital 48 on December 5, 1917. He 
was located at Fort McHenry, and was ranked as 
private. During his service he was promoted to 
private, 1st class. He went overseas July 4, 1918, 
and served as a nurse at Roaune Loire Mars sur 
Allier, France. During the latter part of his ser- 
vice here he contracted rheumatism and was sent 
to the Hospital E. H. 12 at Navre and Brest. He 
was invalided home March, 1919, and transferred 
to Casual Company 12, Camp Meade, Admiral, Md. 
He was honorably discharged April 14, 1919. 



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DR. GEORGE A. SLOAN 

Dr. George A. Sloan entered the American Red 
Cross on August 26, 1918. He was made assistant 
field director and served in Camp Eustis, Va., until 
February 6, 1919, when he was promoted to field 
director and transferred to Camp Meade, Admiral, 
Md. He was released from service November 
].5, 1919. 



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CARLYLE RICHARD SODON 

Carlyle Richard Sodon entered the Reserve Offi- 
cers' Training Camp, Infantry Section, Ft. Ogle- 
thorpe, Ga., on August 27, 1917. He was ranked 
as private and on November 27, 1917, was com- 
missioned as first lieutenant. Infantry Reserve 
Corps, acting as an instructor of the 3rd Reserve 
Officers' Training Corps. On March 18, 1918, he 
was transferred from the Infantry to the Tank 
Corps and was sent to Gettysburg, Pa., where he 
helped in the organization of the Tank Corps. He 
acted as the commander of the 328th Battalion 
Tank Corps and also of Company A in the same 
Battalion. He was sent to France and landed at 
Brest. On September 15, 1918, he was made in- 
structor in the 302nd Centre, Tank Corps School 
at Langres, France. Between August, 1918, and 
March, 1919, he was attached to Company A, 328th 
Battalion and 304th Brigade Tank Corps. During 
this period he also commanded Company C, 344th 
Battalion, 304th Brigade, Tank Corps. He remained 
in this work until his honorable discharge, April 
19, 1919. 






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ANDREW HOWARD STEWART 

Andrew Howard Stewart entered the Signal Corps, 
Aviation Section, later known as "Air Service," on 
July 19, 1917. He was ranked as private, 1st class, 
and on November 14, 1918, he was commissioned 
as second lieutenant. From March 9 to June 15, 
1918, he was located at the Princeton Ground 
School and was then transferred to Kelly Field, 
Texas. He remained here until his honorable dis- 
charge December 27, 1918. 




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SARA LOUISE SWICK 

Sara Louise Swick entered the service as a navy 
nurse on May 14, 1918. She was stationed at the 
U. S. Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, HI., and re- 
mained there until she was honorably discharged 
on September 2, 1919. 



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WILLIAM GALBRAITH STEWART, Jr. 

William Galbraith Stewart, Jr., entered the Navy, 
April 12, 1917. He was ranked as seaman, 2nd 
class, and during his service was promoted to 
quartermaster, 3rd class. He was assigned to 
U. S. S. "Kanawha," New York Harbor. After a 
period of six weeks he was transferred to Ben- 
sonhurst, Brooklyn, where he was promoted to 
seaman. He was sent to New London, Conn., to 
be trained in equipping boats with special instru- 
ments, and remained there until his transfer to 
foreign service with the base at Corfu. His service 
in the Mediterranean was occupied almost exclu- 
sively with the submarine warfare. He returned to 
this country May 15, 1919, and was honorably dis- 
charged on May 26, 1919. 





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JOSEPH WILLIAM THOMPSON 

Joseph William Thompson entered Company E, 
319th Infantry, September 5, 1917. He was 
ranked as private. On October 23, 1917, he was 
promoted to corporal, on December 18 to sergeant, 
and on June 1, 1918, he was commissioned as a 
second lieutenant of Infantry. He trained recruits 
in the Infantry Replacement Camp at Camp Lee, 
Petersburg, Va., and later in 154th Depot Brigade. 
Camp Meade, Admiral, Md. On July 16, 1919, he 
was transferred to the 72nd Infantry, 11th Division, 
and placed on special duty with the 155th Depot 
Brigade. He was honorably discharaed October 
2.5, 1919. 



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ANNE DUNN TURNER 

Anne Dunn Turner entered the U. S. Red Cross 
Clinic 18 at Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga., on 
April 11, 1918. She was ranked as American Red 
Cross nurse and remained in the Clinic Service 
until September, 1918, when she was transferred 
to the Base Hospital of the same camp. In Jan- 
uary, 1919, she was transferred again to clinic 
and hospital work and continued in this service 
until June 30. 1919. when she was released from 
the service. 



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WILDER JUDD WALKER 

Wilder Judd Walker entered the service August 
27, 1917, and was sent to Camp Greenleaf, Ga., 
M. 0. T. C. He was commissioned as first lieu- 
tenant, and during his service was promoted to 
captain. After two months of training he was 
transferred to Camp Wheeler, Ga., and served in 
the Base Hospital. On November 23, 1917, he 
was ordered to Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., where he 
was attached to the 410th Tel. Battalion Signal 
Corps as battalion surgeon. He was ordered to 
Camp S. F. B. Morse, Leon Springs, Texas, with 
the battalion, arriving there December 25, 1917; 
and on July 1, 1918, left for France. He was lo- 
cated at Quinper and Landerneau until June 22. 
1919. when he was ordered home, arriving at 
Camp Mills, N. Y., July 2, 1919. He was honor- 
ably discharged as captain July 9, 1919. 



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WILLIAM MILLER VERNOR 

William Miller Vernor entered the U. S. N. R. F. 
for submarine duty June 21, 1918, at Pittsburgh, 
Pa. He was ranked as an ensign, and for the first 
three months was attached to the Submarine U. S. S. 
0-4, operating in the Atlantic waters. This was 
part of the Atlantic Fleet, Submarine Force, Divi- 
sion 8. The next three and one-half months were 
spent in the U. S. Naval Academy in the .5th Re- 
serve Officers' Class. He was honorably discharged 
Jainiarv 6. 1919. in Philadelphia. Pa. 




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CEDRIC ERROL THURSTON 

Cedric Errol Thurston entered Company M, 4th 
Engineers' Training Regiment on May 29, 1918. 
He was ranked as private, and during his service 
he was promoted to corporal and to sergeant. He 
was sent to Camp Humphries, Va., where he en- 
gaged in forestry work. He was honorably dis- 
charged December 12, 1918. 



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KENNETH WALTER VAN EMAN 

Kenneth Walter Van Eman entered Company H, 
1st Replacement Regiment Engineers at Washing- 
ton Barracks, D. C, on October 1, 1917. He was 
commissioned as a first lieutenant and was en- 
gaged in training engineer replacement troops. On 
June 15, 1918, he was transferred to Company F, 
4th Regiment Engineers, 4th Division, A. E. F., 
and was sent to France. From July 18 to 27, 1918, 
he operated in the Champagne-Marne offensive; 
from August 1 to 5, 1918, in the Vesle River sec- 
tor; from September 9 to 12 in the Toulon sector; 
from September 12 to 16 in the St. Mihiel offensive; 
from September 26 to October 19, 1918, in the 
Meuse-Argonne offensive; and following that he 
had a part in the operations at Cherry Chartreuve, 
Mt. St. Martin, Fismes, Barrouches, Montharon, 
Vaux Esnes-Malincourt, and Cuisy-Septsarges-Non- 
tilois. After the signing of the Armistice he was 
made a member in the Army of Occupation, enter- 
ing Germany on December 5, 1918. He was hon- 
orably discharjied August 12. 1919. 





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JOSEPH STEVEN WELWOOD 

Joseph Steven Welwood entered Company C, 103rd 
Field Signal Battalion of the 28th Division on 
June 4, 1917, at Pittsburgh, Pa. He was ranked as 
private and during his service was promoted to 
sergeant. He was in training for seven months 
in signal corps work with the 28th Division at 
Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga., and was later sent 
to France. From July 14 to 27, 1918, he was en- 
gaged in the battle of Chateau Thierry; from Sep- 
tember 26 to October 9, 1918, in the Meuse- 
Argonne, and from October 9 to November 11, 
1918, in the Coulumiers. He was honorably dis- 
charged May 18, 1919. 




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EUGENE DIMMICK WELWOOD 

Eugene Dimmick Welwood entered the Y. M. C. A. 
as a secretary on August 6, 1918. He was assigned 
to the 103rd Field Signal Battalion, 28th Division. 
He was sent to France and served in huts at Bar 
le Due, St. Mihiel, Hudecourt, Wianville, Essey 
and Toul. After the signing of the Armistice he 
was in charge of the enlisted men's club until Feb- 
ruary 11, 1919, when he was released. 



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OLIVER ANDREW WELLS 

Oliver Andrew Wells entered the Medical Depart- 
ment and was attached to the Headquarters Com- 
pany, Battalion 15, Camp Greenleaf, Ga., on July 
18, 1918. He was ranked as private and during 
his service he was promoted to sergeant and ser- 
geant, 1st class. He was engaged in the Ordnance 
Supply House until his transfer to Escort Detach^ 
ment. New York City, where he received special 
training in the care of wounded soldiers at the U. 
S. Army Debarkation Hospital 3, New York City. 
This training led to a service on the transports 
which brought the wounded back from France, 
and finally to the service of taking the wounded 
from New York City to the different hospitals 
throughout the States. He was honorably dis- 
charged July 15, 1919. 



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ALBERT JAMES WILSON 

Albert James Wilson entered the service on August 
25, 1917. He was ranked as private and on Novem- 
ber 27, 1917, he was commissioned as first lieu- 
tenant and assigned to Headquarters Company, 78th 
Field Artillery, 6th Division (Regular Army). In 
July, 1918, after a service at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., 
at Camp Logan. Texas, at Fort Sill, Okla., as 
regimental liaison officer, he was sent to France, 
where he was made company commander. From 
November 1 to 11, 1918, he engaged in the Ar- 
gonne Forest offensive. After the signing of the 
Armistice he remained in France until July, 1919, 
when he returned with his regiment to Camp Grant, 
111., and was made personnel adjutant. He was 
honorablv discharged at Camp Dix, Wrightstown, 
N. J., on^October 3, 1919. 




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WILLIAM HARMAN WILLS, Jr. 

William Harman Wills, Jr., entered the Hydro- 
phone School, New London, Conn., on September 
4, 1918. He was ranked as machinist mate, 2nd 
class, U. S. N. R. F. After graduation from the 
Hydrophone School on November 16, 1918, he 
was commissioned as ensign, U. S. N. R. F. and 
was transferred to the Naval District Base, New 
London, Conn., where he remained for three 
months. During the last month and one-half of 
his service he was stationed at the Naval Experi- 
mental Station, New London. He was honorably 
discharged March 12, 1919. 




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CHARLES D. WILCOX 

Charles D. Wilcox entered the Officers' Training 
Camp at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind., on May 
13, 1917. He was ranked as a candidate for Re- 
serve Officers' Training Corps. On August 29, 1917, 
he was commissioned as second lieutenant, and 
during his service was promoted to first lieutenant. 
After nine months in Camp Sherman and one 
month at Ft. Sill, Okla., he was sent to France, 
where from September 26 to November 11, 1918, 
he engaged in the Argonne fight, with the 322nd 
Field Artillery. After the signing of the Armis- 
tice he was attached to the Army of Occupation, 
with the 32nd Division, reaching Coblenz Decem- 
ber 13, 1918, and remaining there until April 22, 
1919. He was honorablv discharged June 23, 1919. 




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BERTHA NORTH WILCOX 

Bertha North Wilcox entered the service in the 
work of the Red Cross on June 15, 1918. She re- 
mained in Pittsburgh until November 15, 1918, 
when she was sent as a nurse to the Walter Reed 
Hospital, located in Washington, D. C. She served 
there is a nurse until her release from the work on 
April 1, 1919. 



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HAROLD RAYMOND KITCHIN 

Harold Raymond Kitchin entered the service as a 
secretary of Y. M. C. A. in London, during the 
fall of 1917. After a few months of service he 
enlisted as a pilot in the Royal Air Force, British 
Army and was ranked as private. During his ser- 
vice he was promoted to sergeant, to sergeant- 
major, and finally commissioned as lieutenant. He 
was served by the London General Hospital and 
by the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. He was honor- 
ably discharged in February, 1919. 



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The Permanent IS/lonuments 



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The Carpenter Tablet 

The bronze tablet reproduced on the opposite page was placed 
in the Church by the family of Henry Tounsend Carpenter, the only 
one of our Defenders who met death during the war. He was killed 
in action. The tablet bears the following inscription: 

In Memory of 

HENRY TOUNSEND CARPENTER 

Aged 22 Years 6 Months 

Killed in action November 5, 1918 

At Villers-devant-Dun, France 

On the Meuse-Argonne Front. 

Greater love hath no man than this. 
That a man lay down his life for his friends. 

Surely there could not be a more appropriate place for a 
memorial to one who from infancy had been connected with the 
activities of this Church. 

''And as they trusted, ive the task inherit. 

The unfinished task for which their lives ivere spent, 
But leaving us a portion of their spirit. 

They gave their ivitness and they died content.'' 



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The IsAemorial Tablet 

The erection of a bronze tablet as a permanent testimony of the 
deep appreciation of this Church for the part her members played 
in the World War, was under consideration as early as the middle of 
the year, 1918. But it was not until after the Armistice was signed 
that the services of Mr. Hermon A. MacNeil, a well-known sculptor 
of New York City, were sought through the influence of Mr. Charles 
D. Armstrong. Mr. MacNeil visited the Church and discussed the 
probable locations of such a tablet. After a careful consideration of 
the sketch submitted by the sculptor, he was authorized to go ahead 
with the work on December 17, 1919. Two designs were submitted 
and discussed in the following year until October 1, 1920, when 
the one which has become a thing of inspiration and beauty in our 
auditorium was accepted. 

1 he legend of the picture has come to us in the sculptor's own 
words. The large shield of three and one-half feet in diameter repre- 
sents the shield of the United States and the inscription upon it the 
Church's interpretation of the contribution which our nation made 
to the World War. It reads: 

'The First Presbyterian Church of 
wilkinsburg, pennsylvania, erects this 
tablet in honor of the members whose 

LOYAL SERVICE IN THE WoRLD WaR HAS 
HELPED TO CONSERVE THE FREEDOM OF 
OPPORTUNITY FOR THEIR OWN NATION AND 
FOR THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD." 

The fasces with the decorative hnale on either side steady the 
whole design and give it the militant character; and the scroll con- 
tains some suggestive words of battles and experiences of the war. 
On the left an adoring angel kneels in an attitude of homage, and 
in the lower right-hand corner of the shield appear the distinctive 
emblems of this warfare, interlaced with branches of laurel or oak. 
Upon the base there are seen the years which cover the nation's 
share in the World War, together with a compartment designated 
"Our Defenders," wherein will be found, engrossed on parchment, 
and attached to a spring roller, the names of those who served in 
behalf of this Church. 

The tablet was unveiled November 20, 1921. 

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Eventide 

The day is past and the toilers cease; 

The land grows dim ^mid the shadoivs gray. 
And hearts are glad, for the dark brings peace 
At the close of day. 

Each weary toiler, uith lingering pace. 

As he homeward turns, with the long day done.^ 
Looks out to the West, with the light on his face 
Of the setting sun. 

It speaks of peace that comes after strife. 

Of the rest He sends to the hearts He tried. 

Of the calm that follows the stormiest life — 

God^s eventide. 

John McCrae. 



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